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 ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman ...

Doctors removed the kidney on April 4. Looney expressed gratitude for the research opportunity. Pig organs offer a potential ...

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

So she sought out a pig kidney and it functioned well – she called herself ... organ while allowing them to fight infection.It’s an even bigger challenge with xenotransplantation. While these pig ...

In xenotransplantation, the risk of infection from an animal ... Looney and her doctors agreed it would be smarter to remove ...

In xenotransplantation, the risk of infection from an animal ... Looney and her doctors agreed it would be smarter to remove ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

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

A 69-year-old woman in China has become the third individual globally to receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, marking a significant advancement in the field of xenotransplantation. The ...

A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, doctors say she's doing well. The woman, reportedly 69 years old ...