Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig
Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig
The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.
The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.
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Pig Hearts Provide Long-Term Cardiac Function in Baboons
Ruth Williams | Dec 5, 2018 | 3 min read
Primates receiving heart transplants from genetically engineered pigs have survived more than six months, a new study reveals.
Pioneering Heart Transplant Program Suspended
Kerry Grens | Jun 4, 2018 | 2 min read
The move by Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center follows an investigative news report detailing surgical errors and poor research practices.
Xenotransplant Record
Tanya Lewis | Apr 6, 2016 | 2 min read
A donor heart from a genetically modified pig survives for more than 2.5 years inside a baboon’s abdomen.
If It Ain't Broke . . .
Kerry Grens | Jan 1, 2016 | 4 min read
Is there room to improve upon the tried-and-true, decades-old technology of artificial hearts?
Hearts in Hand
The Scientist | Dec 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Texas Heart Institute heart surgeon Bud Frazier is a pioneer of heart transplant technologies.