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Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold, a two-time All-Pro who remains one of the most popular players in the team’s history, said on social media on Tuesday that he has kidney disease and needs a transplant. “I always knew this day would come, but I thought I would have had more time,” he wrote in a message directed to …

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scientists have had early success transplanting genetically modified pig kidneys and hearts into humans, and pig …

Chinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant  The New York Times A man in China lived more than 170 days after transplant with pig liver, doctors report  CNN Pig’s liver transplanted to human in world first  The Independent Genetically engineered pig livers can support key hepatic functions in humans, xenotransplant study shows  Medical Xpress Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer …

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scientists have had early success transplanting genetically modified pig kidneys and hearts into humans, and pig …

A major kidney transplant breakthrough could transform how we fight the organ shortage crisis in the world. Scientists have discovered a way to convert a type A kidney into a universal donor kidney (type O), opening the door for faster, safer, and more accessible kidney donations in America. Cancer and deep belly fat: New study links visceral fat activity to …

Researchers converted a kidney with type-A blood to type-O.Credit: Sherry Yates Young/Science Photo Library Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the first of its kind — could improve access to donor organs, specialists say, because the blood type of the donor would no longer matter. Currently, …

BUFFALO, N.Y. — At the start of training camp, Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin shared details of a scary medical emergency his fiancee dealt with while the two were vacationing in France this summer. In a letter Dahlin posted to social media, Dahlin described that his fiancee, Carolina Matovac, began feeling sick for a few days, and it quickly took …

Kennedy to Announce Firing of Organ Transplant Group After Safety Problems  The New York Times RFK Jr. announces move to decertify organ procurement organization amid efforts to reform organ donation  CBS News RFK decertifies University of Miami’s ‘failing’ organ agency  KOMO University of Miami organ agency under fire for unsafe practices, report says  WPLG Local 10 New public dashboard aims to track the fairness …

Tim Andrews leaving hospital in January after he received a genetically modified pig kidney.Credit: Kate Flock/Massachusetts General Hospital A 67-year-old US man is still alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. This is the longest a pig organ has survived in a living person. Researchers say the outcome is a landmark case of …

This week’s science news has been filled with medical breakthroughs, including the first-ever pig-to-human lung transplant into a brain-dead person. The experiment, which took place in Guangzhou, China, kept the lungs alive and working for nine days, despite showing signs of rejection early on in the procedure. The researchers behind the study say that their work “paves the way for …