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'She was waiting for a 1-in-a-million match': Alabama woman is the 3rd patient to ever get a pig kidney

An Alabama woman underwent a transplant procedure to get a new kidney from a gene-edited pig.

LiveScience · Dec 17, 2024

Alabama woman is recovering well after receiving a pig kidney, doctors say

Towana Looney says her experimental procedure and transplant is ‘like a new beginning’

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

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An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant

An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time eight years

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

Pig kidneys demonstrate ‘life-sustaining kidney function’ in a human – study

The development advances the promise of transplantation from one species to another, researchers say.

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

For the past decade, Precious McCowan’s life has revolved around organ transplants. She’s a doctoral candidate studying human behavior in Dallas who has survived two kidney transplants. And in the midst of her end-stage renal disease, her 2-year-old son died. She chose to donate his organs in hopes they would…

Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022

Gene editing: pig hearts and the new era of organ transplants

After decades of false starts, scientists are beginning to believe that modified organs from animals can help solve the global shortage

Financial Times · Feb 2, 2022

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Pig-To-Human Kidney Transplant Is Another Step Closer After Trial

In a first, pig kidneys were transplanted into a brain-dead human recipient for a successful trial run.

Zenger · Jan 21, 2022

Surgeons successfully transplant pig’s kidneys into brain-dead man

The feat is the latest in a series of breakthrough surgeries using pig organs, including a recent heart transplant

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Transplant breakthrough: Surgeons put two kidneys from a pig into a human for the first time

Scientists could solve the organ shortage crisis as people on the waiting list are dying every day

Wales Online · Jan 20, 2022

US researchers test pig-to-human transplant in donated body

U.S. researchers are reporting the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

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