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

Doctors have removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Towana Looney ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable ...

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 ...

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 ...

The transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human patient is a groundbreaking achievement in the field of xenotransplantation, which aims to address the critical shortage of human donor ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However ...

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.

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

Ms Towana Looney lived for four months with the animal’s organ before her body rejected it. Read more at straitstimes.com.