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

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs ... These include the brain, heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. Anything that damages the kidneys can adversely affect any of these important ...

An Alabama woman has “never felt better” after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig, reports the New York Times ...

Four people who received pig organs died within two months of transplant. Now an Alabama woman hopes for a better outcome.

“This rule removes unnecessary barriers to kidney and liver transplants ... positive organ donations. HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the body’s immune system, and if not ...

The kidney was provided by biotech company Revivicor, which breeds pigs with genetically modified kidneys less likely to be ...

Looney, who had developed kidney failure after a complication during ... and were intended to make the pig organ more compatible to the human body. Doctors received permission to perform the ...