The first 'across the bridge': Man who received experimental pig kidney transplant now has a human organ

One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first ...
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For the first time, a genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys ...
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NH man who received pig kidney now recovering from human kidney transplant surgery

A New Hampshire man who became one of the first people in the world to receive a genetically modified pig kidney is home recovering in Concord after a human kidney transplant. Last year, Tim Andrews ...
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Genetically modified pig hearts can survive for more than 2 years after transplantation into baboons

Could organs explanted from other mammals save human lives someday? A new study shows that genetically modified pig hearts developed by US and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich ...
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First ever pig-to-human liver transplant keeps patient alive for months

In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for almost half a year. The 71-year-old man's own liver was irreversibly scarred by ...