Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

At just 5 years old, Lyndzi was diagnosed with kidney disease and her condition deteriorated fast. A couple days in the ...

But the fight took its toll on Nate Robinson. “Dialysis is hard to explain. Your kidneys stop working, so the machine cleans ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis.

A British woman born without a uterus has given birth to a healthy baby girl — making the little bundle of joy the first baby in the UK to be born from a womb transplant. Grace Davidson, 36, was ...

It can be unusual for a husband and wife to be a transplant match because several factors are required, including blood and ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However, her immune system rejected the organ. Doctors removed the kidney on ...

Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...

I cried like a baby for three or four days. When the doctor called and said I’d get a kidney, I fell to my ... Today, after a successful transplant in February, Robinson is back on his feet ...

In a landmark case for xenotransplantation, 53-year-old Towana Looney from Alabama had a genetically modified pig kidney removed on April 4, 2025, after it ceased functioning following 130 days of ...