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

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

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...

The first-ever man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died, two months after the procedure, his doctors told the media. Sixty-two-year-old Richard "Rick" Slayman got the ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

Doctors have stated that the death of the 62-year-old man was not related to the transplant ... receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. This operation, a first in the medical field ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could be a game changer for people living with kidney disease but some are ...

Although the setup required to accomplish this feat is currently complicated, this finding could provide more understanding about how the brain perceives colour and could one day help boost the vision ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman ...

had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the genetically modified organ, according to NYU Langone Health in New York. The pig organ transplant, a landmark in the quest to ...