Most air passengers rarely think about what’s stored in the cargo hold below, but passengers on a recent KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight were in for a surprise when the stench from live pigs ...

Life can change — it can get better! Just look at a disabled pig named Hannah, whose world flipped upside after getting prosthetic boots. Not only can she move around better, she can run now!

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.

She has a master’s degree from American University, lives by the beach, and hopes to own a teacup pig and taco truck one day. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. AP spoke with three people closely watching pig kidney development, including two who’ve asked about ...

BRITS have been left ‘haunted’ after they only just realise what pigs in blankets actually mean in the US. Pigs in blankets are a firm favourite of many foodies up and down the country ...

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 ...