(AP video/Shelby Lum) Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney stands with transplant surgeons Dr. Jayme Locke, left, now of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration and Dr. Robert Montgomery of ...

(AP Photo/Shelby Lum) Dr. Silke Niederhaus does rounds at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md., on May 13, 2024, where she is a transplant surgeon. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum) Carl McNew watches ...

Her doctor in Alabama, Jayme Locke, told her about the experimental transplant procedure and started to ask her if she was interested. "I didn't let her get it all the way out of her mouth and I ...

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after ...

Towana Looney of Alabama was able to leave the hospital 11 days after a undergoing seven-hour transplant operation. Her medical team is cautiously optimistic that she will thrive with the new ...

What is a Hair Transplant? Hair transplantation is a surgical procedure that relocates hair follicles from one area of the scalp, known as the "donor area," to another area where thinning or ...

Additionally, an organ transplant may cause genes that control traits to change and express themselves differently. The researchers in the 2024 review wrote: 'Emerging evidence suggests that heart ...

We've yet to discover a clear mechanism that can explain how and why transplant patients report having new memories or personality changes following surgery, but the physical and emotional toll of ...

He was off the radar for a bit, and then we learned he had a liver transplant. After that, he had an episode of hepatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder caused by liver dysfunction. It seems the ...

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, contributing to 43.5% of GDP, yet only half survive their first five years. Surprisingly, despite having numerous federal small-business programs ...