Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama ... and two kidney transplants from pigs, but none of the recipients survived beyond two months. Looney’s case is offering researchers a rare ...

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them. Human ears and skin have famously been grown on mice. More recently, ...

That is where Chicagoland Pig Rescue’s foster-based system steps in to fill the gap. The nonprofit relies on a network of ...

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eGenesis isn’t the only company developing pig organs for human transplant. In February, the FDA approved the first large trial of pig kidneys in people, conducted by United Therapeutics, which also ...

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an animal organ.

The longevity business is booming and for high society, the quest for eternal life has become an expensive hobby ...

The patient, Towana Looney, is now more than two months out from surgery ... The longest-surviving person to receive a pig kidney is Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama who underwent ...

Unlike dogs or cats, pigs can’t be easily given to relatives or friends, and finding animal shelters for pigs is nearly ...

A family are ‘distraught’ after two ... pig population last week. The pet store stopped selling guinea pigs due to the outbreak. Sam with Oreo and Coco, who did not survive a month (Picture ...