Pig kidney transplant

In a four-hour surgery undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, March 16th, doctors have managed to perform the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced on Thursday. In the hospital,...

A new research described in a recent study published in the scientific journal Cell Stem Cell represents a significant advancement in the field of organ transplanting. Scientists have successfully cultivated kidneys primarily composed of human cells within pig embryos. This...

Exciting breakthroughs in the realm of transplanting pig kidneys into humans were unveiled on Wednesday by two distinct groups of researchers. These remarkable strides mark important advancements in the developing field known as xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation involves employing organs or tissues...