A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days. Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney ...

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. “It’s like a new ...

A New Jersey woman fighting for her life received an incredible gift from a pig last month at NYU Langone Health in New York. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to ...

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. A 53-year-old woman is free from ...

Towana Looney knew that the first four people who ever received an organ from a pig died within two months. But the Gadsden, Alabama, woman was still game to try it herself. After eight years on ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at NYU ...

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst and NYU Langone clinical professor of medicine, joined "America Reports" on Wednesday to share how this should bring hope for the future of transplant ...

An Alabama woman has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant. Towana Looney, 53, passed the milestone on Saturday, Jan. 25, when she was reported to be "healthy and full of ...