Tag: pig kidney
Xenotransplant patient returns home three months after pig kidney implant
Three months after her surgery at NYU Langone Health (New York, USA), the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney, 53-year-old Towana Looney,...
First-ever combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant performed in USA
NYU Langone Health has announced via press release that a team of surgeons have performed the first-ever combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig...
Pig kidney xenotransplantation performing “optimally” after 32 days in human body
Surgeons at New York University (NYU) Langone Health (New York, USA) have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after...
Transplantation of gene-edited pig kidneys in decedent human model is “game-changing...
Peer-reviewed research outlining the successful transplant of genetically modified, clinical-grade pig kidneys into a brain-dead human individual has been published in the American Journal...
NYU Langone Health performs second successful xenotransplantation surgery
NYU Langone Health has performed a second successful investigational xenotransplantation procedure using a genetically engineered pig kidney. This second surgery is a sign of...