Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than a decade, pig-to-human organ transplants like hers could become routine.

When pigs fly, it gets really smelly. A flight headed to Mexico went a little “hog wild” when the pilot decided to make an unplanned landing due to an “obnoxious smell” coming from the ...

Experts have long regarded pigs as one of the greatest zoonotic threats to public health because their cells allow viruses to mix and mutate, creating new strains capable of causing human pandemics.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ, after eight years on dialysis ...

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 ...

The case will be closely watched by the transplant community, as success could speed initiation of a clinical trial, bringing pig transplants closer to reality and helping to solve the organ ...

In yet another sign of xenotransplantation creeping toward reality, a medical team at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday that, for the third time, a kidney from a genetically modified pig had ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A KLM flight made an unscheduled landing when the cabin was filled with the smell of 100 pigs. The Boeing 787 was flying from Amsterdam to ...

A lot of the winter grazing has been absolutely ruined. It's soul destroying because it all turns into mud. "Some of the pigs are about the same size as a small pony. Some have gone up to 32 stone. "I ...

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Guinea pigs (only suitable if you're willing/able to have two). Bearded dragons (docile, slow-moving, not super messy). Tortoises (generally okay with being handled, hardy). If you plan on ...

Mooney Goes Wild contributor Terry Flanagan shares his latest round up of nature news. A leatherback turtle was found on Portmarnock Strand in Dublin last week by walker Niamh Griffin. Sadly ...