Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However, her immune system rejected the organ. Doctors removed the kidney on ...

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 ...

In a leading-edge approach, the research team analyzed a large, anonymized dataset of kidney offers, linking individual clinician data from on-call records of 15 transplant centers to national ...

A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after receiving an organ infected with rabies. The recipient received care in Lucas County, Ohio, in December 2024, the Toledo-Lucas County Health ...

Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...

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 ...

Hyderabad: In a groundbreaking achievement, urologists at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) have successfully performed the institute’s first-ever robotic kidney transplant ...

A medical report obtained by Good Health Weekly, highlights the urgent need for financial support to enable Adeogun to undergo a life-saving kidney transplant. The report, signed by Dr. Y.R. Raji ...

With efforts underway to expand access to the kidney transplant waiting list to more patients, including many with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), new research underscored the corresponding ...