New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
A New Hampshire man has become the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Massachusetts General Hospital announced Friday that Tim Andrews recovered well enough after the Jan. 25 transplant to leave the hospital a week later.
Second pig kidney transplant successfully completed at Massachusetts General Hospital
For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into a living person.
A Second Chance: Pig Kidney Transplant Success
Tim Andrews, 66, is living with a pig kidney following a pioneering transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital. This experimental procedure is part of a study aiming to alleviate organ shortages. With over 100,
Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a 66-year-old man with kidney failure last month, Massachusetts General Hospital announced on Friday. It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States,
New Hampshire man gets pig kidney transplant from Mass General Brigham
Massachusetts General Hospital announced Friday that Tim Andrews recovered well enough after the Jan. 25 transplant to leave the hospital a week later. Andrews calls himself “a new man,” free from two years of dialysis.
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Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by car near Boston intersection
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Engineered nose bacteria sneak drugs into the brain
Microbes that reside peaceably in the nasal passageways and on the skin can be harnessed for taking drugs to target cells.
Mass. man convicted of attacking Lowell General Hospital nurse in 2021
A Lowell man was found guilty of attacking a nurse at Lowell General Hospital by striking her twice with a fire extinguisher.
Matthew Perry Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Officially Launch Fellowship in Addiction Medicine
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Wentworth-Douglass Hospital to host free women’s heart health seminar
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Massachusetts Tenet hospital CEO to step down
Carolyn Jackson, CEO of Tenet Healthcare's St. Vincent Hospital, steps down after 6 years in a difficult union environment. Concerns raised about patient safet ...
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Partnership between Metro Boston Alive and Mass General Brigham fosters new trust for addiction care
When Metro Boston Alive, a recovery center near Nubian Square, joined Mass General Brigham to work in nearby communities to address challenges around substance use disorder, it was an unlikely ...