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www.scientificamerican.com
3 weeks ago
Medicine

Woman Becomes First Person to Receive Both Pig Kidney Transplant and Heart Pump

A groundbreaking procedure involving a genetically modified pig kidney transplant offers hope for patients with both heart and kidney disease. [ more ]
Washington Post
1 month ago
Medicine

62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery

Genetically edited pig kidney transplanted into a living person for the first time at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Surgery offers hope for addressing kidney transplant shortage and inequity. [ more ]
Harvard Gazette
1 month ago
Medicine

First-ever pig kidney transplant a success - Harvard Gazette

Genetic editing can improve organ compatibility for transplants.
CRISPR-Cas9 technology can enhance organ compatibility between pigs and humans. [ more ]
WIRED
3 months ago
Medicine

A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Attached to a Person-and Worked for 3 Days

Scientists used gene editing to make 69 genetic edits to a pig, including knocking out three pig genes and inserting seven human genes.
Previous attempts with unmodified pig livers failed within hours, but the pig livers with genetic edits in the Penn study showed stable blood flow and no signs of inflammation. [ more ]
www.livescience.com
1 month ago
Science

Pig Kidney Transplanted into Living Human for First Time

Genetically engineered pigs used for organ transplants
Successful pig kidney transplant into a human [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
4 months ago
Science

First-of-Its-Kind Procedure Uses Pig Liver to Filter Human's Blood

Researchers have successfully connected a functioning liver from a pig to a human body for the first time.
The liver, which came from a pig with 69 genetic modifications, properly filtered human blood for three days without being rejected by the human body. [ more ]
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