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

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Pigs bred for animal-to-human organ transplant experiments are usually genetically modified to reduce the chance that the ...

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

Massachusetts General Hospital performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living ...

Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species to another—in his case, from pigs to humans.

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However ...

Pig kidney removed from Alabama woman a record 130 days after transplant - Xenotransplantation is experimental but has the ...

Renowned surgeon and humanitarian Dr. Robert Montgomery has revolutionized organ transplantation, expanding access and ...

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...