The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

Towana Looney of Alabama received a successful pig kidney transplant. NYU Langone Drs. Robert Montgomery and Marc Siegel comment on what this means for the future of transplant accessibility.

Fast forward to late 2023, when patients at a National Kidney Foundation meeting with FDA officials and pig developers described a life so miserable on dialysis that they, too, would chance an ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but ...

Last year, a 62-year-old man lived with a pig kidney fo... advertisement. South China Morning Post. How pig kidney transplants, ... Konrad Fischer, head of the TUM's xenotransplantation section, ...

Pig kidney transplants becoming a real possibility . With that knowledge, researchers experimented with targeted interventions, and these worked. Now, they can develop anti-rejection strategies, ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in ...

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a ...

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. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but ...

(CNN) — Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. He was exhausted and hopeless.