After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...

Last year, a 62-year-old man lived with a pig kidney for almost two months before ... allowed clinical trials for the transplantation of pig kidneys. The biotech company United Therapeutics ...

MGH nephrologist Leonardo Riella and surgeon Tatsuo Kawai talk with reporters about Massachusetts General Hospital's second transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human recipient.

At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who ...

It's early days for xenotransplantation, but eGenesis, Eledon, United Therapeutics and more are working to develop solutions ...

In March 2024, Riella’s team at MGH announced the world’s first successful transplantation of a genetically edited pig kidney 4. Richard Slater, a 62-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease ...

Genetically modified pigs with human-compatible organs offer a potential solution to the organ shortage crisis, with ongoing research focusing on modifying pig organs to reduce rejection and improve ...

Tegoprubart used as a key component of immunosuppression regimen in the second transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human ...

The xenotransplantation approach seeks to alleviate shortage of human organs, and could potentially provide a lifeline to ...

A Phase 2 study of tegoprubart in kidney transplant has completed dosing of 120 patients ... The activity of TNX-1500 that we ...