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

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.

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

Pigs have emerged as the best animal organ donors, with several living patients in the United States having received pig kidneys or hearts in the last few years. Livers have proved trickier—and ...

Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard to come by, however. This week, a Chinese team turned to another source—pig ...

There are critical shortages in donor organs available for transplantation in the ... Before Looney’s transplant, only four ...

The study offers the latest evidence that gene-modified pig organs could ... liver transplants in 2023. But organ shortages mean many patients wait months for a donation, which can be taxing.

Without a donor match, she would die – but the ... The US Food and Drug Administration allows doctors to transplant organs from pigs into humans under what’s commonly known as “compassionate ...