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Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species to another—in his case, from pigs to humans.
Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...
Just the other day, at lunch with seven of my 70-year-old undergrad college chums, I silently compared my life to theirs.
Scientists have been exploring alternatives for decades, including using pig organs because of their similarity to human organs. Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver ...
surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine provided an extensive analysis on the second patient in the world to receive a genetically-modified pig organ. Lawrence ...