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

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

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

Recipients of kidney transplants in high heat index settings show higher rates of adverse kidney outcomes than transplant ...

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

One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.

The pig organ transplant, a landmark in the ... and inspire many others in their journey to overcome kidney disease," she said. Four other patients previously received different kinds of ...

Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama, had lived with the gene-edited pig kidney for 130 days. She lived with the organ longer than any other transplant patient has tolerated a gene-edited animal organ.

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

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

Some experts foresee pig kidney transplant becoming an established option for patients within a decade, a major advancement that would be possible because of people like Looney. “Towana’s ...