She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...
Could her heartburn, she wondered, be a symptom of a heart attack?
She remembered reading that heartburn can be a symptom of a heart attack, so she checked the American Heart Association's ...
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after MGH transplant
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...
What you need to know about the new implants to patch up failing hearts. Are they really a 'breakthrough'?
There are many difficulties in converting any biological research into a medicine that will treat patients. Because of the ...
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The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans
Mohiuddin, who in 2022 led the first pig-heart transplant into a living person, says he is in the process of submitting a request to the FDA to start clinical trials, but adds that the heart is a ...