A genetically modified pig kidney has survived and functioned in a human recipient for 61 days, setting a record for this type of procedure and offering new hope to the nearly one million Americans ...

UAB President Ray Watts called the achievement an indicator of a possible future with a sustainable supply of organs. For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided ...

Gene-edited pig kidneys function well after human patient transplant By Michael Irving August 16, 2023 In a new study, scientists have successfully transplanted genetically-modified pig kidneys into a ...

Doctors in New York have managed to keep a brain-dead man in a state of sort of suspended animation for more than a month after removing his kidneys and replacing them with one from a pig. A ...

A recent scientific breakthrough has seen lab-grown kidneys successfully functioning in a human trial. This promising development has far-reaching implications for organ transplant procedures and the ...

Learn more about UAB's Xenotransplant program here. “It has been truly extraordinary to see the first-ever preclinical demonstration that appropriately modified pig kidneys can provide normal, ...