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

Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in a woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with ...

most who need a kidney, and thousands die waiting. In hopes of filling the shortage of donated organs, several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs, so their organs are more humanlike ...

Looney donated a kidney to help save her mother ... When she heard about the option to try a pig kidney transplantation, she jumped at the chance to try it. “Without a pathway to receiving ...

Pig organs are seen as a potential solution to the shortage of donated organs, especially kidneys. More than 550,000 Americans have kidney failure and require dialysis, and about 100,000 of them ...

“Though the outcome is not what anyone wanted, I know a lot was learned from my 130 days with a pig kidney – and that this can help and inspire many others.” In 1999, Ms Looney had donated a ...