The breakthrough offers new hope for thousands of Americans suffering kidney ... renal disease. These patients, who have been on dialysis for at least six months, will undergo transplants using ...

The trial will initially enroll six patients with end-stage renal disease ... of a pig organ: Towana Looney, a 53-year-old from Alabama who received a United Therapeutics kidney on November ...

United Therapeutics Corp. said Tuesday that its trial will start with six patients with end-stage renal ... of a pig organ transplant. Towana Looney, 53, in November received a pig’s kidney ...