"Abundant" is fascinating documentary that follows people who donate kidneys to absolute strangers. Senate Democratic leader ...

More than 100,000 people nationwide, including 5,000 in the Philadelphia area, are waiting for organ donations, a reality ...

Looney has been receiving dialysis since 2016 and was abnormally primed to reject a human kidney, according to a report by the AP. Since the procedure, she has called herself "superwoman" and has ...

Looney has been receiving dialysis since 2016 and was abnormally primed to reject a human kidney, according to a report by the AP. Since the procedure, she has called herself "superwoman" and has been ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

The highly experimental procedure had fuelled optimism that animal kidneys might prove a usable source amid a chronic shortage of available human kidneys. Her body’s eventual rejection of the ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most ...

Doctors removed the kidney on April 4. Looney expressed gratitude for the research opportunity. Pig organs offer a potential solution to the human organ shortage. Xenotransplantation faces ...