Pig-to-human kidney transplant a success in latest organ donor breakthrough By . Hannah Sparks. Published Jan. 20, 2022. Updated Jan. 20, 2022, 1:01 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

NEW YORK ‒ If records are meant to be broken, Towana Looney is grateful to be a record-breaker. Looney has been living for 10 weeks with a kidney from a pig instead of her own. The longest ...

MGH reported its second pig-to-human kidney transplant was completed in January in a 66-year-old man, identified as Tim Andrews of Concord, New Hampshire, with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who ...

Just 22,800 kidney transplants were performed in 2020. Correction: 12/3/2021: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that more than 106,000 people were currently waiting for a kidney ...

In this photo provided by the The University of Alabama at Birmingham, medical researchers collect a kidney biopsy during the transplant of a pig's kidney into a donated body on Feb. 15, 2023.

Pig kidney transplant into brain-dead man could be a game ... Montgomery’s latest success not only reduced the amount of genetic modifications needed from 10 to one but could lead to the ...

In this photo provided by the The University of Alabama at Birmingham, medical researchers collect a kidney biopsy during the transplant of a pig's kidney into a donated body on Feb. 15, 2023.

In 2021, Dr. Robert Montgomery performed the first genetically modified pig kidney transplant in a human decedent. His research has led to a fifth transplant procedure showing positive results.

MISSION HE’S NOW TAKING ON JESSICA. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. TIM ANDREWS SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON DIALYSIS FOR END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE. IT TOOK A TOLL ON NEARLY EVERY PART OF HIS LIFE. SO HE ...

Woman recovering after risky pig kidney transplant. It could 'help so many people.' ... so Montgomery thinks she has the best chance of long-term survival.

Long-term survival of monkey with transplanted pig kidney offers hope in alternative organ search: Scientists. Scientists likely "years" away from using the technique to ease organ shortage.

Surgeons transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally -- a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living ...