This was a proof of concept surgery, meaning that the pig kidney ... An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that more than 106,000 people were currently waiting for a kidney transplant.

The world’s first-ever kidney transplant was performed 70 years ago at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Mass General’s sister institution. Research into pig organs has been hurtling forward in ...

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 ...

That's when he began to consider Slayman a candidate for the pig transplant surgery. Because Slayman is the first, it's not clear how long the kidney will continue to work well.

The pig kidney was specially engineered by researchers at the Cambridge, ... 62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery. Updated March 21, 2024.

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, ...

Slayman's transplant journey began in late March, when he first received a kidney from a genetically modified pig. The 62-year-old was released from the hospital just two weeks later because he ...

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

A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Doctors at NYU Langone Health say 54-year-… ...

The man who received a genetically modified pig kidney nearly two months ago in an unprecedented transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has died. The hospital said there was no ...

Pig kidney recipient Richard Slayman with (left to right) Leo Riella, medical director of kidney transplantation; Nahel Elias, interim chief of transplant surgery; his partner, Faren; and Tatsuo ...