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 ...

Woman recovering after risky pig kidney transplant. It could 'help so many people.' ... Looney finally had her surgery on Nov. 25 at NYU Langone in New York City, ...

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. “It’s like a ...

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., gets ready to head into the operating room at NYU Langone Health in New York City to get a genetically modified pig kidney transplant.

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama who last year became the third person to undergo a pig kidney transplant, is reportedly ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, ... N.H., had his surgery in late January and was well enough to be discharged a week later. Image.

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

A Weymouth man who received a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig died from an “unexpected cardiac event” unrelated to the organ, doctors announced this week. Massachusetts ...

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 ...

Heart issues, not pig kidney, killed transplant patient, ... His family said Slayman underwent the surgery to give hope to the more than 100,000 people who need an organ transplant to survive.

By Deidre McPhillips, Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...