And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

Woman recovering after risky pig kidney transplant. It could 'help so many people.' Four people who received pig organs died within two months of transplant.

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

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.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., gets ready to head into the operating room at NYU Langone Health in New York City to get a genetically modified pig kidney transplant.

Towana Looney of Alabama received a successful pig kidney transplant. NYU Langone Drs. Robert Montgomery and Marc Siegel comment on what this means for the future of transplant accessibility.

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.