A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

The world’s first-ever recipient of a pig kidney transplant, Richard Slayman, died last May, two months after his surgery. While questions remain on the safety and bioethical concerns regarding ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Vanderbilt University made Tennessee history after they became the first hospital to perform a successful kidney transplant ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

Thousands of patients on the list die each year, and thousands more come off the list because their health has worsened to ...

Massachusetts General Hospital performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living ...

Otway Mayfield and Tywa Hughes reconnect after 30 years for a life-saving kidney transplant, while also overcoming cancer ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

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 ...