The 53-year-old woman who received the genetically modified animal organ is the ideal recipient to push science forward.

Researchers are gearing up as two companies to begin the world's first formal studies of pig-to-human transplants in 2025. So ...

Looney's slow recovery has sparked hope that one day pig kidneys could assist in alleviating the ongoing organ shortage, ...

Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

Towana Looney became the first living person in the world to get a kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig last ...

Towana Looney of Alabama received a successful pig kidney transplant. NYU Langone Drs. Robert Montgomery and Marc Siegel ...

Just last month, a woman became the third living recipient of a pig kidney transplant. Now, her kidney is functioning […] ...

2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of ...

A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery, which represents some of ...

A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery, which represents some of the earliest stages of research into animal transplants for humans. (Scrip ...

On November 25, 53-year-old Towana Looney became just the third living person to receive a pig kidney in an experimental ...

Today's health news includes the third human kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, using stimulants to treat ...