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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 ...

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 ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after she experienced acute organ rejection, NYU Langone Health officials said on Friday.

Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body. © l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock We’ve reached a ...

Many will die waiting. Some scientists see new hope for these people in organs from pigs that have been engineered to work within the human body. Such species-to-species transplants, called ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first-ever clinical trial of the transplantation of a nonhuman animal organ—a genetically modified pig kidney—into living human ...

Towana Looney’s transplant represents a major step forward in the quest to use animal organs to address the critical shortage of human transplants. HealthDay News — An Alabama woman has become the ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to two biotechnology companies for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs ...

particularly with pig hearts and pig kidneys. Those organs have already been tested in monkeys, with four humans receiving these experimental surgeries — two for hearts, two for kidneys.