Rejection was avoided for a few days using novel protocols. A pioneering technique has led to conversion of a human blood type-A donor kidney to type-O for transplantation into a type-O patient with ...

Although brain-dead organ donors have routinely been maintained on life-support until recipients of their donor organs could be identified, UAB is now the first to publish the results of this novel ...

Surgeons transplanted kidneys from genetically modified pigs into brain-dead recipients. Three recent cases of pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation demonstrate feasibility with no hyperacute ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Makana™ Therapeutics, a global leader in the field of xenotransplantation, announced today that the company’s scientists have discovered that pigs contain a fourth gene that ...

“Xenotransplantation has, historically, largely failed due to hyperacute rejection following surgery, even with the use of immunosuppressive drugs used to control this process,” said Dr. Roger Lord, ...

Transplantation of organs or tissues between genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species (and different species) is plagued by rejection and its associated problems. "Foreignness" is ...

NEW YORK, NY, AUGUST 16, 2023 — Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after 32 days in a man declared dead by neurologic ...