The advance gives hope to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who depend on dialysis machines to do the work of their failing kidneys.
Nurse Melissa Mattola-Kiatos removes a genetically modified kidney from a pig that was transplanted in a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital on March 16. After once losing hope because of end-stage kidney disease, a 62-year-old man is now the first living person to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, according to doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed the landmark surgery Saturday.
One doctor at Massachusetts General called the effort to develop the genetically modified organ “a mini-Manhattan project.” Slayman, who works for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, had suffered from kidney disease for well over a decade. He had gone on dialysis and survived a human kidney transplant in 2018 but had“He literally said, ‘I just can’t go on like this. I don’t want to go on like this,'” said Winfred Williams, the hospital’s associate chair of nephrology and Slayman’s longtime doctor.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New analysis shows how much of Americans' paychecks go to food and rentSticking to a monthly budget hasn't been easy during the worst period of inflation in decades, especially when it comes to food and rent.
Read more »
Out-of-Pocket Costs Are Tough on Americans With DiabetesPeople with diabetes have to spend a ton of money to stay healthy, a new study reports.
Read more »
Q&A: Precision Medicine for Black Americans With CancerClayton Yates, PhD, at Johns Hopkins searches for new biomarkers and treatments for African Americans with prostate cancer, breast cancer, and more.
Read more »
Fertility treatment costs are out of reach for many Americans, even with insuranceFor lower-income people who are on Medicaid or whose employer health plan is skimpy, help for infertility seems unattainable.
Read more »
A closer look at which states best represent Americans — and which fall shortAt the start of the presidential election year, all eyes were on Iowa and New Hampshire to see which Republican presidential nominee would win their votes in the first electoral caucuses.
Read more »
Watch Live: Supreme Court hears social media cases that could reshape how Americans interact onlineThe two cases concern Republican-backed state laws that aim to restrict social media companies like Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, from moderating content.
Read more »