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

Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press: A fancy word to say animal to human organ transplant ... so critically ill as those first ...

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

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

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

The pig organ transplant, a landmark in the quest to develop alternatives to scarce human organs ... engineered pig kidney functioned well for over four months, and she was able to enjoy life without ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...