Kidney

In an unprecedented procedure, a terminally ill patient received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also became the first patient in the world to be surgically implanted with a mechanical …

Woman becomes first person to receive both pig kidney transplant and heart pump A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease has become the second person in history to receive …

After years of waiting for a kidney, Jessica Parson's donor came from her own family after she developed kidney failure. HAMPTON, Va. — A father's love knows no bounds. In …

CNN — Sean Elliott knows a thing or two about miracles. He is the basketball star who created perhaps the most famous shot in San Antonio Spurs history, the “Memorial …

CNN — The first transplant surgery combining a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney has been completed at NYU Langone Health, the system announced Wednesday. The subject was …

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Tony Weisinger remembers that conversation like it was yesterday. “I went to the emergency room and the doctor said, 'A 400-pound man has toxins in …

Richard Suleiman, the world’s first living human to receive a kidney transplant from a pig, has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital and continues to recover at home. Suleiman, 62, …

A pig kidney recipient who relied on dialysis before WCAX transplant was discharged from the hospital. 62 year old male. 4 days ago

The first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig has been discharged from hospital. Richard “Rick” Suleiman I received the organ in March. The world’s first …

Vox Why do we harvest pig kidneys? When you donate a kidney, no one says you’re a kidney guy from that point on.When kidney problems come up in the news…2 …