Key Takeaways A pig kidney was removed from a woman after 130 days due to rejectionThis is the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has lasted in a humanThis is still progress in animal-to-human ...

An Alabama woman who received a pig kidney transplant had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it.

A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ...

Scientists have been genetically modifying pigs to make their organs more human-like, - and therefore more compatible for human transplants.