From a pig kidney ... Here are five of the biggest highlights in medical achievements this year: Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a type of gene therapy ...

From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness ... drug and potential hope for those experiencing end-stage organ failure. Here are five of the biggest highlights in medical achievements ...

Towana Looney says she feels "blessed" and now has a "second chance at life." Towana Looney became the fifth American to receive a gene-edited pig organ last month and is recovering well.

From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness ... Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a type of gene therapy, according to the results of a clinical ...

The prior two patients to receive gene-edited pig kidney transplants both died later—the first patient died from sudden cardiac arrest that doctors said was unrelated to the transplant ...