STORY: "It was truly the most beautiful kidney I have ever seen." Transplant surgeon Dr Tatsuo Kawai and his team are hailing what they call a major breakthrough, after what they say is the first ever ...

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday said they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a human living with kidney disease, the first such procedure in the world. The ...

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital say they've successfully completed the world's first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human. The patient is Rick Slayman, ...

BOSTON ‒ Massachusetts General Hospital announced it has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a person, the first time someone has survived with that organ from another ...

NEW YORK — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday ...

The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital announced on Wednesday. Rick Slayman, 62, had end-stage ...

Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ...

An Alabama woman says she is ‘thriving’ after becoming the longest-living person with a pig organ transplant. Towana Looney, 53, joked that she was now a “superwoman” after she passed 61 days on ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m ...