Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient
It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.
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 ...
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 ...
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Avoid vitamin D ‘mega-doses’ for patients with CKD, kidney transplant
Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document. “Vitamin D deficiency is common ...
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FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
The US FDA has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure.
13 Things Medicare Gives You for Free
Medicare beneficiaries often pay monthly premiums, copays, annual deductibles and prescription drug costs. But what you may ...