Pigs bred for animal-to-human organ transplant experiments are usually genetically modified to reduce the chance that the ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

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 ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

The pig liver produced far smaller amounts of bile and albumin than a human liver could achieve, Lin said. More research is needed—including studying the pig liver for more than 10 days, he added.

Surgeons have carried out the world's first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to ...

Doctors say they’ve removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Towana Looney has returned home to Gadsden after undergoing surgery a week ago.