Tag: xenotransplantation
Latest xenotransplant procedure “a beacon of hope” for kidney failure patients
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health (New York, USA) have performed a gene-edited kidney transplant, describing the procedure as the “latest promising breakthrough” in an...
Renal Interventions 12
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New trial evidence regarding the use of semaglutide for patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease from the 61st European Renal...
Kidney xenotransplantation—the time has come
Douglas J Anderson and Jayme E Locke (both Marnix E Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA) write about genetically edited pig kidney xenotransplantation, the...
Renal Interventions’ top 10 stories of April 2024
April was a month of world-firsts, new collaborations, and useful data, with a team from Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) performing the world’s first...
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...
Renal Interventions 11 – EU
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New trial evidence about the benefits of preoperative forearm exercises for vein diameter from Koen van der Bogt (Leiden, The Netherlands)
The importance...
Renal Interventions 11 – US
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New trial evidence about the benefits of preoperative forearm exercises for vein diameter from Koen van der Bogt (Leiden, The Netherlands)
The importance...
World’s first successful genetically-edited pig kidney transplant performed in US
A recent attempted transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney has been successfully carried out for the first time at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in...
New research shows established immunosuppressant medications suitable for pig-to-human kidney transplants
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that immunosuppressant’s that are US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved—and that are...
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...
Xenotransplantation company wins KidneyX award for genetically-engineered donor pig
Makana Therapeutics has announced that it has been awarded an Artificial Kidney Phase II Prize from KidneyX to continue development of its genetically engineered...
Xenotransplantation data presented on porcine donor kidneys
During the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Spring Clinical Meetings (11–15 April, Austin, USA), researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) will present new data...
Genetically-modified pig patent promises expansion of kidney xenotransplantation
Makana Therapeutics, a global leader in the field of xenotransplantation, was granted an important European patent that will catalyse xenotransplantation efforts abroad, the company...
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...
Transformative moment marks progress in xenotransplantation
The first investigational transplantation of a genetically engineered, non-human kidney to a human body was recently completed at NYU Langone Health, New York, USA—marking...