The man with a pig kidney

The Maine senator has dodged decades of attacks, but President Trump’s low approval ratings could be her political deathblow. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy and Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and ...  Show more

Men and women are trying to maximize their reproductive health due to anxieties around declining fertility trends. But are we taking “embryomaxxing” too far? This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by David Tat ...  Show more

On January 25th, 2025, Tim Andrews became a medical pioneer: He received a kidney transplant from a pig. Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows the incredible journey of this groundbreaking procedure – and the man at the center of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ ...  Show more

Le premier homme à recevoir une greffe de rein de porc génétiquement modifié est décédé deux mois après l'opération. Traduction :The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f ...  Show more

A 62-year-old Massachusetts man with failing kidneys is the first living patient to receive a genetically-altered kidney from a pig. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In this episode:00:46 Engineered pig kidneys show transplantation promiseKidneys from genetically-engineered miniature pigs have been transplanted into non-human primates, in some cases keeping the animals alive for more than a year. Using CRISPR, a team made dozens of edits to t ...  Show more