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

Her body began rejecting the pig kidney after a record 130 days. AP Before Looney’s transplant only four other Americans had received experimental xenotransplants of gene-edited pig organs ...

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

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 ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after she experienced acute organ rejection, NYU Langone Health officials said on Friday.

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the genetically modified organ, according to NYU Langone Health in New York. The pig organ ...

In addition to showing the viability of the pig kidney, the procedure also shows ... is to get back to playing with her two grandchildren and cooking for her husband. Just "living a normal life." ...