Three genes were eliminated to avoid an immediate immune rejection after the transplant, Montgomery said. A fourth gene was "knocked out" to prevent the pig kidney from continuing to grow after it ...

The future of public media depends on viewers like you. NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis ...

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 ...

Without a donor match, she would die. Looney first heard about the option of a pig kidney transplant from Dr. Jayme Locke, then a professor of surgery and director of the Division of ...

Opens in a new tab or window Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, picks up the gene-edited pig kidney to move it closer to the patient for transplantation. Photo by Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health.

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 ...

Richard Slayman, the first successful recipient of a pig-to-human kidney transplant, died in May from heart complications unrelated to the procedure, according to Massachusetts General Hospital.

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 ...