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Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Lung Into a Human for the First Time
Developments

Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Lung Into a Human for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

Roughly two months after becoming the first human to receive a gene-hacked pig kidney transplant, Richard "Rick" Slayman has passed away.
Developments

Patient Dies After Receiving Kidney From Gene-Hacked Pig

By Victor Tangermann

A 62-year-old man, who received a transplanted pig kidney, is doing well, and was even discharged from the hospital this week.
Health & Medicine

Patient Leaves Hospital as Transplanted Gene-Hacked Pig Organ Seems to Be Functioning Well

By Victor Tangermann

Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a gene-hacked pig into a living man.
Developments

Patient Walking Around Hospital After Transplant of Gene-Hacked Pig Kidney

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese startup PorMedTec claims to have cloned three piglets to have their organs be viable for transplantation to humans.
Gene Editing

Startup Clones Three Piglets Gene-Hacked to Have Organs Transplanted Into Humans

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors used a genetically-modified pig liver to successfully filter the human blood of a brain-dead patient.
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Gene-Hacked Pig Liver Successfully Filters Blood of Human Patient

By Sharon Adarlo

About a month after his surgery, a man who received a genetically modified pig heart has no sign of rejection or infection.
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Man Is Doing Well With Implanted Pig Heart, Doctors Say

By Sharon Adarlo

The pig was actually a miniature pig, which was engineered with nearly 70 gene edits, including the addition of human DNA.
Developments

Monkey Lives for Two Years With Gene-Hacked Pig Kidney

By Frank Landymore

A pig kidney has continued to function inside of a human body for roughly two months, the longest documented instance of such a procedure.
Gene Editing

Doctors Thrilled as Pig Kidney Functions in Human Patient for Two Full Months

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from a pig to a human — and found that the organ functioned normally. 
Developments

Doctors Successfully Transplant a Pig Kidney to a Human for First Time Ever

By Tony Ho Tran

The organ shortage could get worse with the advent of self-driving cars, but advances in xenotransplantation could make up the difference and then some.
Health & Medicine

The Organ Shortage Will Soon Get Worse. Animal Organs Could Help.

By Kristin Houser

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.
Health & Medicine

Are Pig Organs Safe to Transplant Into Humans? Now We Have A Way To Find Out.

By Kristin Houser

A Breakthrough Initiative Has Been Announced to Manufacture Human Organs
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A Breakthrough Initiative Has Been Announced to Manufacture Human Organs

By Brad Jones

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Health & Medicine

Transplants of Genetically Modified Pig Organs for Humans Could Happen Within Two Years

By Dom Galeon

Pig-to-Human Transplants Could Soon be Possible, Thanks to Advances in Genetic Modification
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Pig-to-Human Transplants Could Soon be Possible, Thanks to Advances in Genetic Modification

By Miguel Santos