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

A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...

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

An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place ...

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

Life for Towana Looney hasn’t been easy. After giving her mother one of her kidneys in 1999, the Alabama woman thought the ...

An Alabama woman who received a pig kidney transplant had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it.

Pig kidney removed from Alabama woman a record 130 days after transplant - Xenotransplantation is experimental but has the ...

Key Takeaways A pig kidney was removed from a woman after 130 days due to rejectionThis is the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has lasted in a humanThis is still progress in animal-to-human ...

Alabama. In a statement, she thanked her doctors for “the opportunity to be part of this incredible research.” Towana Looney, a pig kidney transplant recipient, gets a morning check-up with Dr.

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.