Key Takeaways A pig kidney was removed from a woman after 130 days due to rejectionThis is the longest a genetically modified ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis 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 ...

Renowned surgeon and humanitarian Dr. Robert Montgomery has revolutionized organ transplantation, expanding access and ...

Towana Looney, a woman in her fifties from the southern state of Alabama, had received the genetically modified pig kidney on November 25 in New York. The highly experimental procedure had fueled ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman after her body rejected the organ, NYU Langone Health reported.

An Alabama woman is back on dialysis after receiving a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant ... Montgomery surgically placed the genetically modified kidney inside Looney. Looney lived with ...

Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal’s organ set a record, the hospital that performed ...

On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

The pig was missing one kidney and needed an implant ... would like to make banks of frozen pig kidneys that were genetically modified to be used in human patients. Other transplant surgeons ...