An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it ...

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In a landmark case for xenotransplantation, 53-year-old Towana Looney from Alabama had a genetically modified pig kidney ...

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

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

Following New York Focus’s reporting, the state health department is moving to implement a law meant to boost kidney ...

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A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after ... Because rabies vaccines are a legal requirement for dogs and cats in the U.S., cases in dogs are rare in the states. Worldwide, however ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike in hopes of alleviating a transplant shortage. Two initial xenotransplants in the U.S. — two pig hearts and two pig kidneys ...