And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.

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

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for ...

Pigs intended for transplant are kept separate from the food supply. The pig also had had surgery to attach its thymus to its kidney.

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a third person, moving xenotransplants closer to trials Recipient had donated a kidney to her mother, then no human organ could be found for her ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old Alabama woman, is now free from years of dialysis after receiving an experimental pig kidney transplant last month.

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in ...