United Therapeutics to build pig-to-human organ research center in southeast Minnesota
This southeast Minnesota city could soon be at the forefront of efforts to use genetically modified pig organs for human transplants.
Aug 19, 2024
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Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Transplantation, Heterologous
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Study links premature development of human neurons to brain developmental disorders
The mechanisms underlying intellectual disabilities or autism remain largely unknown. Researchers in the labs of Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Prof. Vincent Bonin at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat
Some people who develop a weird and terrifying allergy to red meat after a bite from a lone star tick can still eat pork from a surprising source: Genetically modified pigs created for organ transplant research.
Jul 21, 2024
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Revising biomedical research reviews: International ethics experts urge consideration of societal and long-term impacts
In biomedical research involving human subjects, research ethics committees around the world have traditionally emphasized individual rights and protections for participants, including informed consent. The emerging field ...
Jul 12, 2024
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A woman who received a pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump has died
A woman who received a pig kidney transplant—along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating—has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday.
Jul 9, 2024
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Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days.
May 31, 2024
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Studies reveal cell-by-cell changes caused when pig hearts and kidneys are transplanted into humans
Surgical teams at NYU Langone Health performed the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a human body in September and November 2021, and then transplanted two pig hearts in the summer of 2022. These ...
May 21, 2024
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Genetically engineered pig hearts transplanted in two brain-dead patients reveal more about immune response
A large team of biomedical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S., the U.K., Saudi Arabia and France, has learned more about many of the factors involved in xenotransplantation as they conducted ...
First person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday.
May 12, 2024
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Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's life
Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.
Apr 24, 2024
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