Scientific American19h
Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Hit Long-Awaited Testing Milestone
Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...
After Heart Transplant, New York Mom Finds Love in Cardiac Unit on Valentine's Day: 'Don't Ever Give Up' (Exclusive)
On Valentine's Day 2022, two cardiac patients met in the ICU at a New York Hospital. They became friends and lent each other ...
What you need to know about the new implants to patch up failing hearts – is it really a ‘breakthrough’?
A ‘heart patch’ recently received enthusiastic coverage in the media. A scientist who carried out similar experiments is ...
A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis ...
Nature10d
The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans
The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.
Investing7d
Eledon's tegoprubart used in second pig-to-human kidney transplant
Tegoprubart has been part of other groundbreaking transplants, including the second-ever pig-to-human heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center in September 2023. It is ...