U.S. Surgeons Transplant Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Into A Patient For The First Time
Surgeons remove a gene-edited transplanted pig kidney from the body of Maurice “Mo” Miller at NYU Langone Health in New York on Sept. 13, 2023. For a history-making 61 days and despite a brief rejection blip, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside his brain-dead body. AP Photo/Shelby Lum NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston […]
Pig Kidney Works 2 Months In Donated Body, Raising Hope For Animal-Human Transplants
Relatives of Maurice “Mo” Miller, Mary Miller-Duffy, his sister, right, and her wife, Sue Duffy, stand with his body at NYU Langone Health in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. “I’m so proud of you,” Miller-Duffy said in a tearful farewell. AP Photo/Shelby Lum NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently […]