Four people who received pig organs died within two months of transplant. Now an Alabama woman hopes for a better outcome.

A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig.

Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than ...

An Alabama woman is in “extraordinary” health after becoming the third living person to receive a pig kidney transplant, NYU ...

A 53-year-old woman was the third to undergo the transplant procedure. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term ...

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs ... Kidney disease results from kidney damage and subsequent decline in kidney function, says Dr. Pooja Budhiraja, a nephrologist and ...

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs a variety of important functions. While it's possible to live without organs like the appendix, gallbladder, or spleen, several of our organs are ...

The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving ...

If researchers can successfully perfect the process, the waiting list to receive the ‘gift of life’ might one day be erased.

A woman in the United States has received a one-of-a-kind gene-edited pig kidney transplant, she is the only person living ...