These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

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

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

A Chinese medical team has successfully completed the world’s first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead human ... a gene-engineered pig kidney into a uremic patient.

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed ... the journal Nature — is the first known peer-reviewed publication ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived ... "For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with friends ...

It’s the longest a human has ... animal organs into humans. Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late ...