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

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a ...

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help people whose own ...

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

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

For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with friends and family without planning around dialysis treatments,” the patient said in a statement.

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

United Therapeutics will host a public webcast Wednesday ... technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. You can learn more about what it means to be a PBC here ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

Scientists can edit the genes of the pig to reduce the risk that a human body will reject its organ. Looney was the first to receive a kidney with 10 gene edits, and United Therapeutics announced ...

More than 90,000 people in the United States are on the waitlist to receive a kidney transplant, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, accounting for the vast ...