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Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman after her body rejected the organ, NYU Langone Health reported. Towana Looney, 53, had the t...
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 – A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said Wednesday. The patient got the transplant at an Ohio...
Chinese Woman Is Third Person To Get a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney
THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 – A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, doctors say she’s doing well. The woman, r...
GLP-1 RA Use Tied to Better Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes
TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 – Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with better graft and patient survival among kidney transplant recipients with diabetes, according to...
Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a ...
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step...
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of slowing down. "I'm...
U.S. Woman Living Healthy With Kidney Sourced From Pig
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 – A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig, living healthily with the new organ for over a month, her...
People With HIV Can Now Receive Livers, Kidneys From HIV-Positive Donors
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2024 – People with HIV can now receive a potentially life-saving kidney or liver from a donor who is also infected with the virus, according to new rules announced Tuesday by the...
Gut Dysbiosis Linked to Mortality for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 – For solid organ transplant recipients, gut dysbiosis is associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality, according to a study published online July 2 in Gut. J....
Second Recipient of Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Has Died
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 – The second person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, surgeons at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old patient, Lisa Pisano, had...
Second Patient to Receive Pig Kidney Has Organ Removed
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Forty-seven days after becoming the second patient to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, a woman has had to have the organ removed. Lisa Pisano, 54,...
Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Woman Who Received It
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – A woman who was the second person to ever receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has had the transplanted organ removed due to complications linked to a heart...
Kidneys From Deceased Donors Who Were on Dialysis Are Suboptimal
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Receipt of a kidney from a deceased donor who underwent dialysis is associated with an increased incidence of delayed graft function, according to a study published online May...