In a landmark case for xenotransplantation, 53-year-old Towana Looney from Alabama had a genetically modified pig kidney ...

Mayo Clinic held its 11th annual Day of Remembrance ceremony on Friday, honoring families of organ donors alongside transplant recipients.

United Regional and the Southwest Transplant Alliance honored a group of organ donors as "Heroes for Life" at One Life Church ...

Towana Looney’s body eventually rejected the animal organ, but previous recipients of such transplants did not survive past ...

Hospitals across the Coast hosted events honoring organ donors and donation recipients. Singing River Health System employees at the Gulfport, Pascagoula, and Ocean Springs hospitals all marked Donate ...

KCRG spoke with Ruth Peterson about how her brother, Aaron Gerbo, saved multiple lives by being an organ donor. It’s a message she wants to spread as we mark Donate Life Month.

A specialized organ and tissue donor unit is opening at M Health Fairview Hospital with the goal of collecting more usable organs from those who made the decision to donate their organs upon their ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

The Give Life 5k is more than just a run. It honors and celebrates the lives of organ and tissue recipients and their donors. Jeanine Flies, Volunteer and Advocate for the Iowa Donor Network ...

A group of 20 heart transplant recipients returned to the hospital where they underwent the life-saving operation.

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