A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

When Towana Looney completed her surgery in November, it was considered a groundbreaking medical feat for alternative organ ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

Thousands of patients on the list die each year, and thousands more come off the list because their health has worsened to ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

Pig organs offer a potential solution to the human organ shortage ... due to heart attack Rick Slayman was the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig.

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.