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

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

It’s the longest a human has ... animal organs into humans. Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing Hospital in China say a pig kidney transplant recipient continues to recover ...

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.

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about ... Wang says the team also recently transplanted a pig kidney into a human, and that patient should be well enough to go home ...