For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...

“For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with friends and family without planning around dialysis treatments,” the patient said in a statement. HealthDay News — Doctors have removed a ...

A pig kidney was removed from a woman after 130 days due to rejection This is the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has lasted in a human This is still progress in animal-to-human ...

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a ...

But there was a catch: Looney wouldn’t receive a human kidney. Instead, a pig’s kidney would be surgically implanted inside the 53-year-old. The procedure of transferring organs from an animal ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday - a disappointment in ...

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig. By Gina Kolata On the ...

An Alabama woman is back on dialysis after receiving a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant that her body later rejected. When Towana Looney completed her surgery in November, it was considered a ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...