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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
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US Woman Lives With Pig Kidney For 130 Days, Removed After Organ Rejection
Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and has returned home to Gadsden, Alabama.
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62-Year-Old Who Received First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Nearly 2 Months Later
While the cause of his sudden death remains unknown, the hospital has confirmed it was not related to the transplant.
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World's First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From US Hospital
The doctors said that Mr Slayman's kidney is now functioning well and he no longer requires dialysis.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney To Patient In World First
A team of surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday.
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''Extraordinary Milestone'': Monkey Survives For 2 Years After Pig Kidney Transplant
Scientists are now hopeful that this could solve the human organ shortage by using animals as donors.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney In Brain-Dead Human In 61-Day Experiment
US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days.
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In A First, Man Receives Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
Doctors said it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.
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US Medical Team Completes Another Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant
A US medical team on Thursday announced it had carried out the second-known kidney transplant from a pig to a human, the first inside the body of a brain dead recipient.
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In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
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Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
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US Woman Lives With Pig Kidney For 130 Days, Removed After Organ Rejection
Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and has returned home to Gadsden, Alabama.
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62-Year-Old Who Received First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Nearly 2 Months Later
While the cause of his sudden death remains unknown, the hospital has confirmed it was not related to the transplant.
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World's First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From US Hospital
The doctors said that Mr Slayman's kidney is now functioning well and he no longer requires dialysis.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney To Patient In World First
A team of surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday.
-
''Extraordinary Milestone'': Monkey Survives For 2 Years After Pig Kidney Transplant
Scientists are now hopeful that this could solve the human organ shortage by using animals as donors.
-
US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney In Brain-Dead Human In 61-Day Experiment
US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days.
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In A First, Man Receives Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
Doctors said it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.
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US Medical Team Completes Another Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant
A US medical team on Thursday announced it had carried out the second-known kidney transplant from a pig to a human, the first inside the body of a brain dead recipient.
-
In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
-
Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
