A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...

More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most who need a kidney, and thousands die waiting. 3 Her body began rejecting the pig kidney after a record 130 days.

Among 20 patients who got the kidney and cell transplants, 15 of them, including Wiederhoeft and Okey, were able to stop ...

Covenant Health announced Monday the hospital is proud to once again bring critically necessary services back to West Texas ...

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — A New Jersey boy living with kidney failure is trying to raise awareness of organ donation, hoping someone can be the life-saving match he needs. “My kidneys are failing ...

The device offers a comprehensive, portable solution from end-to-end, allowing transplant teams to continuously perfuse the kidney and monitor key perfusion metrics in real-time through a mobile ...

This occurs even as a significant number of offered kidneys, currently exceeding 25%, are declined for transplantation by all ...