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.

With xenotransplantation -- animal-to-human transplantation -- poised to address the global organ shortage crisis, a ...

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

London, United Kingdom) A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human ...

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

The world's first recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney died from cardiac causes within 2 months, but there was no evidence of xenograft rejection, a brief report detailed. After undergoing the ...

Looney, the woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney late last year, meanwhile, feels like “superwoman,” she told the Associated Press ’ Lauran Neergaard in late January.

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, a 53 ...

An Alabama Woman Got a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Transplant. Three Weeks Later, She Has ‘Never Felt Better’ On November 25, 53-year-old Towana Looney became just the third living person to ...

A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery, which represents some of the earliest stages of research into animal transplants for humans ...

An Alabama woman who had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant since 2017 just became the third-ever recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney. Fifty-three-year-old Towana Looney had ...