A 53-year-old woman was the third to undergo the transplant procedure. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term ...
Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy ...
Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy ...
Towana Looney became the first living recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney transplant. It is a significant advancement in ...
It features 10 genetic edits to enhance compatibility with the human body -- an advance over earlier efforts that used ...
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test promising findings that ...
It features 10 genetic edits to enhance compatibility with the human body -- an advance over earlier efforts that used kidneys with a single gene edit and included the pig's thymus gland to help ...
"The kidney functioned essentially exactly like ... used kidneys with a single gene edit and included the pig's thymus gland to help train the host's immune system and prevent rejection.