For the first time, doctors have successfully transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital took the kidney and transplanted it into a ...
A kidney transplant is when a healthy kidney is placed into a person whose kidneys have failed at working properly. It is usually recommended for people with end-stage kidney disease, where the ...
Tim Andrews, a lifelong Concord resident, is in search of a kidney donor after his groundbreaking transplant of a pig kidney failed this fall. Credit: CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN / Monitor Sign up for the ...