Surgeons

Peter Cade/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world’s first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human. During a four-hour procedure earlier this month, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital connected the pig kidney’s blood vessels and ureter — the duct that carries urine from the kidney to […]

Dr. Chad Schmiedt performs surgery at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital. — ABC News (ATHENS, Ga.) — Some cats battling kidney disease are getting a second chance at life, thanks to a pioneering kidney transplant program at the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Dr. Chad Schmiedt leads the initiative and is one […]