On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last ...

It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, marking another step forward in the burgeoning field of xenotransplantation, or the practice of transplanting animal organs into humans.

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, marking another step forward in the burgeoning field of xenotransplantation, or the practice of transplanting animal organs into humans.

Haya Panjwani, Associated Press: That’s why scientists are turning to a procedure known as xenotransplantation. Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press: A fancy word to say animal to human organ ...