Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Patient NYT: Science By: Roni Caryn Rabin 4 June 2024 at 13:41 The organ, from a genetically modified animal, failed because of a lack of blood flow, surgeons said, but did not appear to have been rejected by the body. Β© Shelby Lum/Associated PressLisa Pisano looked at photos of her dog after receiving a pig kidney transplant at the NYU Langone Health in New York in April.
Patient Dies Weeks After Kidney Transplant From Genetically Modified Pig NYT: Science By: Virginia Hughes 12 May 2024 at 10:21 Richard Slayman received the historic procedure in March. The hospital said it had βno indicationβ his death was related to the transplant.
First Patient Begins Sickle Cell Gene Therapy That F.D.A. Approved NYT: Science By: Gina Kolata and Kenny Holston 7 May 2024 at 09:34 A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. βI want to be cured,β he said. Β© Kenny Holston/The New York Times