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More than 35 million adults in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease, and just a fraction of them even know it. And the number ...
Kidneys are the silent workers of the body, performing essential functions like filtering out waste, balancing fluids, and ...
Connecticut saw a record number of deceased organ donors with 166, officials said, and some 45% of Connecticut adults are ...
In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...
Life for Towana Looney hasn’t been easy. After giving her mother one of her kidneys in 1999, the Alabama woman thought the ...
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney ... studies show. The US Food and Drug Administration allows doctors to transplant organs from pigs into humans under what’s commonly ...
Utah GM Justin Zanik recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of his kidney transplant and is back with the Jazz ...
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 ...
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 ...