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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. : The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. “I think it’s worth the shot.” Now two U.S. companies aim to begin the world’s first clinical trials of xenotransplantation in 2025 – using pig kidneys or hearts to try to save human …

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6 days, 3 hours ago

A U.S. farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants

Raw Story

by Ulysse BELLIER On a farm in the southern U.S. state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. - 'Little room for recognition' - AFP For more than 20 years, Revivicor, in Blacksburg, Virginia, has been conducting research to turn pig-to-human transplantation from science fiction to life-saving …

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Alabama woman recovering well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

India Today

NEW YORK: An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

First US Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Potential Human Threat

Associated Press

A pig at an Oregon farm has been found to have bird flu, marking the first instance of the virus in the United States. The infection poses a potential threat to human health due to its ability to spread to humans. Genetic tests have shown no mutations that suggest the virus is gaining an increased ability to spread to people. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A concerning development: H5N1 bird flu has infected a pig in Oregon, officials say

LA Times

Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak. “Experts and commentators have minimized the outbreak to date, saying, ‘but it’s not in pigs yet.’ Well, now it seems to be, and just in time for the other …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.

NPR

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S. toggle caption Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC/AP NEW YORK — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It's the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine and raises concerns about bird …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun

Wired

More than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia have been forced to run online scams in recent years, often being enslaved and brutalized, as part of criminal enterprises that have netted billions in stolen funds. Such “pig butchering” operations have largely been concentrated in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, typically rooted in Chinese organized crime groups exploiting instability and poor governance in …

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5 months ago

Meet the world’s cleanest pigs – raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

The Independent

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5 months ago

Meet Some of the World’s Cleanest Pigs, Raised to Grow Kidneys and Hearts for Humans

Deccan Chronicle

Blacksburg: Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. “These are precious animals,” said David Ayares of Revivicor Inc., who spent decades learning to clone pigs with just the right genetic changes to allow those first audacious experiments. …

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5 months ago

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

Associated Press

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Some people who develop a weird and terrifying allergy to red meat after a bite from a lone star tick can still eat pork from a surprising source: Genetically modified pigs created for organ transplant research. While xenotransplants still are experimental, Revivicor’s “GalSafe” pigs won Food and Drug Administration approval in 2020 to be used as a …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

World's oldest cave painting in Indonesia shows a pig and people

The Hindu

On the ceiling of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what they have determined is the world's oldest-known confidently dated cave painting - created at least 51,200 years ago. "The three human-like figures and the pig figure were clearly not depicted in isolation …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault

LA Times

This artist’s sketch shows serial killer Robert Pickton taking notes during hia trial in New Westminster, British Columbia. Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime rampage near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. World & Nation Remains of 5 …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Alien organs give hope of longer life

China Daily

Medical experts perform a surgery to transplant blood vessels from a genetically edited pig to the abdominal wall of a recipient monkey at Xijing Hospital at the Air Force Military Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. ZENG XIANHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY The world's fifth living-body alien organ transplant, the first liver transplant from a pig to a living human, was successfully …

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54 years, 11 months ago

He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working

Wired

About a week after the transplant, Riella says, the team noticed signs of rejection, when the body’s immune system recognizes the donor organ as foreign and starts to attack it. Photograph: Massachusetts General Hospital “It's pretty miraculous this man's out of the hospital a couple of weeks after putting in a pig kidney,” says Steven Perrin, Eledon’s president and chief …

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11 months ago

A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure

Associated Press

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. In this case, the pig liver was used outside the donated body, not inside — a way to create a “bridge” to support failing livers by doing the organ’s blood-cleansing work …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting human transplants

CNN

CNN — About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is the largest of its kind, researchers transplanted kidneys from genetically modified pigs into monkeys that lived for what’s considered a record amount …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Another Person Just Got a Pig Heart. Scientists Have a Plan to Make It Last

Wired

A 58-year-old man has become the second person ever to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. The patient, Lawrence Faucette, was facing near death from heart failure and wasn’t eligible for a traditional transplant with a human organ. Pig organs aren’t naturally compatible with human bodies and are likely to trigger a fatal immune response. Three of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

The Hindu

Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. “You know, I just keep shaking my head – how am I talking to someone who has a pig heart?” Dr. Bartley Griffith, who performed the transplant, told The Associated Press. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. “You know, I just keep shaking my head – how am I talking to someone who has a pig heart?” Dr. Bartley Griffith, who performed the transplant, told The …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever

CNN

CNN — For the second time ever, a pig heart has been transplanted into a living human recipient, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced on Friday. “My only real hope left is to go with the pig heart, the xenotransplant,” Faucette told the hospital in an internal interview several days before the surgery. According to the FDA, the program …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Surgeons, Who Transplanted Pig Kidney in Brain-Dead Man, Say Organ Functioned Properly for 2 Months

News 18

US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days. “We have learned a great deal throughout these past two months of close observation and analysis, and there is great reason to be hopeful for the future,” said Robert Montgomery, director of the New York …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body of Maurice …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Scientists take ‘pioneering steps’ toward growing human kidneys in pigs

CNN

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Scientists have grown kidneys containing mostly human cells inside pig embryos, an important step toward growing kidneys and potentially other human organs that could be used for transplants in people. “The main concern would be if there was much contribution of human cells to undesired lineages and the …

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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

A U.S. farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplants

Alabama woman recovering well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

First US Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Potential Human Threat

A concerning development: H5N1 bird flu has infected a pig in Oregon, officials say

Bird flu has been found in a pig for the first time in the U.S.

The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun

Meet the world’s cleanest pigs – raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

Meet Some of the World’s Cleanest Pigs, Raised to Grow Kidneys and Hearts for Humans

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

World's oldest cave painting in Indonesia shows a pig and people

Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault

Alien organs give hope of longer life

He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working

A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure

Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting human transplants

Another Person Just Got a Pig Heart. Scientists Have a Plan to Make It Last

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

Groundbreaking transplant of pig heart into living recipient is performed for the second time ever

Surgeons, Who Transplanted Pig Kidney in Brain-Dead Man, Say Organ Functioned Properly for 2 Months

Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants

Scientists take ‘pioneering steps’ toward growing human kidneys in pigs