A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human lives. The ...

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort ...

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 ...

Tye is an author based on Cape Cod, Mass., and runs a health journalism fellowship based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The first things I noticed when I woke up after my recent ...

WASHINGTON -- A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animals organs really might save human ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mass General Brigham has announced a collaboration with Regent Surgical (“Regent”) to improve access and reduce costs for patients in New England by creating new MGB ...

Alison Kuznitz is a reporter for State House News Service, a Massachusetts wire service that’s offered accounts on the activities of state government since 1894. A week after conducting a second round ...

For just the second time, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a human patient. The patient, 66-year-old Tim Andrews of Concord, N ...