A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis ...

Towana Looney’s body eventually rejected the animal organ, but previous recipients of such transplants did not survive past ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Doctors say they’ve removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Towana ...

The pig kidney, genetically modified to reduce the risk of rejection, was implanted on November 25, 2024. For over four months, the kidney functioned effectively, allowing Looney to experience a life ...