According to data from the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network, there are nearly 7,000 candidates in New York state on ...

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

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

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

Life for Towana Looney hasn’t been easy. After giving her mother one of her kidneys in 1999, the Alabama woman thought the ...

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

When Towana Looney completed her surgery in November, it was considered a groundbreaking medical feat for alternative organ ...

Listen to this article In the coming weeks, Carilion Clinic will learn whether it has the go-ahead from the state to launch a kidney transplant program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a plan ...

A woman gets the gift of a lifetime, not once, but twice after her brother and her nephew make a big sacrifice.

On April 4, 130 days after her transplant, the kidney was removed ... especially in the first months after surgery," the company wrote. "Mrs. Looney’s bravery has enabled major advancements ...

becoming only the third person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig while alive. She left the hospital 11 days after surgery at NYU Langone Transplant Institute, staying at an apartment near ...