focus -WSS

focus

author：explore 2025-09-02 11:43:42 - browse：51795

Surgeons prepare the pig kidney for transplantation — Surgeons prepare the gene-edited pig kidney for transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital. Massachusetts General Hospital

In a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday that, for the first time, it had transplanted a kidney from a CRISPR gene-edited pig into a living patient.

Surgeons performed the milestone procedure over four hours on Saturday, March 16, without complications. The organ recipient, a 62-year-old man named Richard Slayman, had previously received a human kidney transplant, but it failed after about five years, requiring him to resume kidney dialysis in 2023.

As of Thursday morning, Slayman, a manager with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, was up and walking — he’s up to 20 laps a day around the ward — one of his physicians told STAT. His kidneys are performing well enough that he hasn’t received dialysis since the surgery, said Leonardo Riella, MGH’s medical director for kidney transplants. He is expected to be discharged soon.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： United colonoscopy coverage change 'may cost lives,' doctors say
Next article： STAT Executive Editor Rick Berke on STAT's 8th birthday

hotspot

WSS

Sage hopes for a blockbuster in antidepressant now before FDA

What to expect as Trump is arraigned on his Jan 6. indictment

Physician groups backed by private equity giant lobby on mergers

Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role

Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 92,000 vehicles and tell owners to park them outside due to fire risk

EQRx, failed developer of low

focus

focus

focus

In age of alternative facts, a scholarly course on calling out crap

UCSF medical school apologizes for unethical prisoner experiments

United colonoscopy coverage change 'may cost lives,' doctors say

STAT Executive Editor Rick Berke on STAT's 8th birthday

Heart attack and stroke risk calculators need revising

Micronoma's microbiome cancer diagnostic approach under fire

Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion

UCSF medical school apologizes for unethical prisoner experiments

Heart attack and stroke risk calculators need revising

Free speech concerns arise in wake of journal editor Eisen's firing

explore

Abortion clinic in Cancun will cater to Americans

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau separating from wife, Sophie

STAT Executive Editor Rick Berke on STAT's 8th birthday

Physician groups backed by private equity giant lobby on mergers

Study: New antibiotic targets gonorrhea as well as last existing drug

The new shift in health care is toward less care

hotspot

hotspot

leisure time

hotspot