Towana Looney became the first longest-living person with an animal transplant specifically a pig kidney to make it over the ...

However, in the past three years, half a dozen such procedures have taken place in the United States using pigs that have been genetically modified, so their organs are more compatible with humans’.

With more than 100,000 Americans waiting on a new organ, xenotransplantation is a leading example of how editing animals ...

Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from dialysis, Massachusetts General Hospital announced Friday, and recovering so well from the ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m ...

The transplant, part of a three-person compassionate use study, used a pig kidney with 69 gene edits provided by ... This is MGH’s second genetically edited pig kidney transplant in a living ...

Using the gene-editing technique CRISPR, scientists can modify the pig’s DNA. eGenesis workers make more than 60 edits to help manage a host of potential issues including rejection, size of the ...