People worried they’ll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney?. Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, needs a second transplant but finding another human match ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

When she heard about the option to try a pig kidney transplantation, ... “She lived with a pig kidney longer than any other human in history, and the field has learned a great deal from her.

An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently surviving for over , according to a recent report.Towana Looney received a pig kidney ...

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the genetically modified organ, according to NYU Langone Health in New York. The pig organ ...