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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
- Saturday December 27, 2025
- Science |
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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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
- Wednesday December 10, 2025
- Health | Monika Piotrowska, The Conversation
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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US Woman Lives With Pig Kidney For 130 Days, Removed After Organ Rejection
- Monday April 14, 2025
- World News |
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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US Man Dies 40 Days After Receiving World's Second Pig Heart Transplant
- Wednesday November 1, 2023
- World News |
According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month but began showing signs of rejection in recent days.
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Pig Hearts Transplanted Into Two Dead Persons in Quest to Save Humans With Animal Organs
- Wednesday July 13, 2022
- Associated Press
Researchers in New York have transplanted pig hearts into two brain dead people to study the effects of animal organ transplants in humans. The attempts to use pig hearts in humans follows the failed attempt to transplant one in a dying Maryland man, before scientists make another attempt on a living person.
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US Researchers Test Pig-to-Human Transplant in Donated Body
- Friday January 21, 2022
- Associated Press
Researchers reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
- Thursday January 13, 2022
- Agence France-Presse
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
- Saturday October 23, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
- Thursday October 21, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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Scientists Develop Pigs For Human Transplants In Japan
- Friday March 9, 2018
- World News | The Japan News/ Yomiuri
According to the team, which includes researchers from Meiji University and Kyoto Prefectural University, the animal is the first to be developed for transplantation based on national guidelines for xenotransplantation, in which animal organs and cells are transplanted into humans.
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www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Create Part-Human, Part-Pig Embryo
- Friday January 27, 2017
- World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. After four weeks, the stem cells had developed into the precursors of various tissue types, including heart, liver and neurons, and a small fraction of the d...
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Gene Editing Removes Major Barrier to Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant
- Wednesday October 14, 2015
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs, thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
- Saturday December 27, 2025
- Science |
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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www.ndtv.com
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
- Wednesday December 10, 2025
- Health | Monika Piotrowska, The Conversation
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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www.ndtv.com
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US Woman Lives With Pig Kidney For 130 Days, Removed After Organ Rejection
- Monday April 14, 2025
- World News |
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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www.ndtv.com
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US Man Dies 40 Days After Receiving World's Second Pig Heart Transplant
- Wednesday November 1, 2023
- World News |
According to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the heart had seemed healthy for the first month but began showing signs of rejection in recent days.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pig Hearts Transplanted Into Two Dead Persons in Quest to Save Humans With Animal Organs
- Wednesday July 13, 2022
- Associated Press
Researchers in New York have transplanted pig hearts into two brain dead people to study the effects of animal organ transplants in humans. The attempts to use pig hearts in humans follows the failed attempt to transplant one in a dying Maryland man, before scientists make another attempt on a living person.
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www.gadgets360.com
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US Researchers Test Pig-to-Human Transplant in Donated Body
- Friday January 21, 2022
- Associated Press
Researchers reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.
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www.gadgets360.com
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
- Thursday January 13, 2022
- Agence France-Presse
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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www.gadgets360.com
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In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
- Saturday October 23, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
- Thursday October 21, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Develop Pigs For Human Transplants In Japan
- Friday March 9, 2018
- World News | The Japan News/ Yomiuri
According to the team, which includes researchers from Meiji University and Kyoto Prefectural University, the animal is the first to be developed for transplantation based on national guidelines for xenotransplantation, in which animal organs and cells are transplanted into humans.
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www.ndtv.com
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Scientists Create Part-Human, Part-Pig Embryo
- Friday January 27, 2017
- World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. After four weeks, the stem cells had developed into the precursors of various tissue types, including heart, liver and neurons, and a small fraction of the d...
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www.ndtv.com
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Gene Editing Removes Major Barrier to Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant
- Wednesday October 14, 2015
- Health | Indo-Asian News Service
Scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs, thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique.
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www.ndtv.com