Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Her body began rejecting the pig kidney after a record 130 days. AP Before Looney’s transplant only four other Americans had received experimental xenotransplants of gene-edited pig organs ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans.

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body. © l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock We’ve reached a ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body ...