Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.

FDA approves the first clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in humans, testing genetically modified pig organs.

The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ ...

Her operation marks the third time a kidney from a gene-edited pig has been transplanted into a living human. Photo credit: ABC News Towana Looney is still thriving after receiving a pig organ ...

MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of ...

HealthDay News — An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of slowing down. “I’m superwoman,” ...

(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File) A Red Cross volunteer gives water to tourists at the foot of the Acropolis hill during a hot and windy day in Athens, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, ...

Late last year, 53-year old Towana Looney, of Gadsden, Alabama, became the third patient to receive a kidney from a genetically engineered pig and she is still thriving. This advance in the field ...