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Findings of World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient Published

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Findings of World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient Published

Image: Xenotransplantation Media Resources from Tom Jemski UMSOM Public Affairs Six months ago, a team of University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon-scientists successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease in a first-of-its-kind surgery. It was considered an early success because the patient lived for two months …

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First clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human

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Experimental Made To Order Kidneys

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine announces today the first peer-reviewed research outlining the successful transplant of genetically modified, clinical-grade pig kidneys into a brain-dead human individual, replacing the recipient’s native kidneys. These positive results demonstrate how xenotransplantation could address the worldwide organ shortage crisis. In the study published …

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Historic successful transplant of porcine heart into an adult human with end-stage heart disease

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Researchers Develop First Steerable Catheter For Brain Surgery

The Historical First-of-Its-Kind Transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center Was Patient’s Only Option for Survival after Being Deemed Ineligible for Traditional Transplant In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well three days later. It was the …

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Dead Pig Brain Function Partially Restored

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Dead Pig Brain Function Partially Restored

Four hours after being killed in a slaughterhouse, Yale University scientists have partially revived function of dead pig brains; none of the brain functions regained were the kind of organized electrical activity associated with awareness of consciousness, as published in the journal Nature. News of a surprising amount of cellular function being either preserved or …

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