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A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...
An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body ...
A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it ...
Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months ...
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.
Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig. By Gina Kolata On the ...
A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...
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 ...
An Alabama woman who received a pig kidney transplant had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it.