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 ...

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 ...

In the experiment, the pig liver was transplanted into a brain ... in pig-to-human transplants, including heart and kidney transplants. Dr. Wang and his team were the first in China to transplant ...

Nearly a year after performing the first transplant of a pig kidney into a living human recipient, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, reported that a second patient is doing well after ...