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Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die ...

A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig ...

A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The first trial has been approved ...

X-Therma’s participation in Hopkins on the Hill underscores the company’s commitment to advancing organ preservation and transplantation. Supported by the NIH SBIR Direct-to-Phase II program, X-Therma ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old man over the weekend.

Prior to the xenotransplant, her medical condition was worsening due to eight years of dialysis treatment for end-stage kidney failure. After donating a kidney to her mother earlier in life, a ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living person.The hospital, which completed the world's ...