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

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

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

A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...

The pig kidney, genetically modified to reduce the risk of rejection, was implanted on November 25, 2024. For over four months, the kidney functioned effectively, allowing Looney to experience a life ...

So this is a point where the doctors are like, ‘Whoa, we’re not having as much success as we wanted ... also recently announced a pig kidney transplant there, so this is gaining momentum.