For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

In the Tufts study, the bioengineered teeth developed these ligament-like connections, a promising sign that they could one ...

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...

The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

His effort paid off: Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...

Tufts University researchers took material from human and pig teeth and were able to grow a tooth-like structure. They hope ...

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth ...

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...