Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because of its declining function, according to Mass General Brigham.

Rick Slayman's new kidney is working well and he was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human ...

Tim Andrews was the fourth patient in the United States to receive a pig kidney transplant. He will now return to dialysis ...

A New Hampshire man lived with a pig kidney for a record 271 days before surgeons removed it last week as the organ's ...

Last month, surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a kidney from a gene-hacked pig into a living 62-year-old man. The unusual procedure appears to have been a resounding ...

“He is recovering well and will continue to recuperate at home with his family,” Massachusetts General Hospital announced Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital The first living recipient of a ...

A New Hampshire man who received a genetically edited pig kidney in January had that kidney removed in a procedure last week, ...

BOSTON - For the second time in less than a year, a surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human. The recipient is 66-year-old Timothy ...

Slayman’s new pig kidney sitting on ice, about to be transplanted. Photo: Massachusetts General Hospital The new era of animal-to-human kidney transplantation is off to a good start. On Wednesday, ...

Massachusetts General Hospital has performed its second successful genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a patient, MGH reported on Friday. The “miracle” transplant is giving 66-year-old Tim ...