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First Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Functioned Until Recipient's Death
The first recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney died from cardiac causes 52 days after xenotransplantation. The world's first ...
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Gene therapy shows promise for bladder cancer patients
The American Cancer Society estimates that 83,000 new cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed this year, with nearly 17,000 ...
Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
Gene modification can encourage T cell growth, improving cancer treatment's success rate
Researchers have identified a method to enhance the effectiveness of a promising cancer treatment. They found that modifying ...
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Gene Therapy May Be a Game Changer for Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia
The FDA approved betibeglogene autotemcel (beti-cel; Zynteglo) for adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent ...
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FDA Approves Transplant Trials for Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys
The FDA will allow two biotechnology companies to run clinical trials: United Therapeutics and eGenesis. United Therapeutics ...
Woman Living with Pig Organ Hits Milestone 2 Months After Surgery: ‘I’m Superwoman’
Towana Looney of Alabama has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant. The 53-year-old woman passed the ...
MGH completes its second pig-to-human kidney transplant
A Mass General Hospital surgical team has completed its second pig-to-human kidney transplant, less than a year after the ...
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Third-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Still Doing Well A Record 2 Months On From Surgery
Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama who last year became the third person to undergo a pig kidney transplant, is reportedly ...
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USC receives grant for gene therapy targeting glioblastoma
The University of Southern California (USC) has received a $6m grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine ...