There were major breakthroughs in drug development and disease treatment. From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The ...

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney ...

Last month, 53-year old Towana Looney, of Gadsden, Alabama, became the third patient to receive a kidney from a genetically engineered pig. This advance in the field of xenotransplantation ...

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant asked: When could we get a pig kidney? Alex Berrios of Louisville, Ky., needs a second transplant but finding another human match is ...