Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

Towana Looney became the fifth American to receive a gene-edited pig organ and is recovering well post-transplant.

The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began ...

Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than ...

Attempts at animal-to-human transplants failed for decades. Now scientists can edit pig genes, trying to bridge the species ...

She is currently the healthiest person to receive a pig organ yet. She had been on the transplant list waiting for a human kidney, but her blood was so full of antibodies that she says her body ...

Attempts at animal-to-human transplants failed for decades. Now scientists can edit pig genes, and are searching for the best ...

She became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

The US’ long waiting list for transplants could be shortened with the use of genetically modified animal organs. This farm is ...

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old Alabama woman, is now free from years of dialysis after receiving an experimental pig kidney ...

These procedures show that genetically modified pig organs could one day serve as viable replacements for human organs in ...

Jayme Locke. “She’s received the transplant at just the right time,” before dialysis did too much damage. What gene edits produced the best pig organs for human transplant? Scientists have ...