In some communities in Uganda, women aren’t supposed to work with pigs. This stems from restrictive social and gender norms, some of which are rooted in culture and religious beliefs. Until recently, ...

Towana Looney is the fifth patient to be given a gene-edited pig organ since 2022, none of whom survived two months ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty An Alabama woman has become the longest living recipient ...

Nestled between Cave Creek and New River is a piggy paradise, complete with wallows, kiddie pools, insulated "houses" and medical resources. Better Piggies Rescue developed out of Arizonan Danielle ...

Towana Looney, from Alabama, is only the fifth person to be given a gene-edited pig organ since 2022 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

A 53-year-old Alabama woman is now free from years of dialysis after receiving a pig kidney transplant last month. "It's like a new beginning," Looney told The Associated Press. Right away, "the ...

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 ...

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst and NYU Langone clinical professor of medicine, joined "America Reports" on Wednesday to share how this should bring hope for the future of transplant ...