When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose ...

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

We get heart valves from pigs. We get skin grafts from pigs, and their organs are very compatible to human organs in the ...

The new study, which is expected to get underway later this spring, is a twist on the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers won’t transplant the pig liver but instead will ...

Pigs’ organs are similar to humans’, and the speed of pigs’ reproduction ... a major advancement that would be possible because of people like Looney. “Towana’s willingness to endeavor ...

Now researchers are attempting these transplants in slightly less sick patients, like Looney. A New Hampshire man ... her ...

Pig organs offer a potential solution to the human organ shortage. Xenotransplantation faces challenges like rejection and virus transmission. Looney was one of the two recipients of kidneys from ...

The new study, which is expected to get underway later this spring, is a twist on the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers won't transplant the pig liver but instead will attach it ...