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 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 ...

Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in a woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with ...

For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with friends and family without planning around dialysis treatments,” the patient said in a statement.

When Towana Looney completed her surgery in November, it was considered a groundbreaking medical feat for alternative organ ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

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

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 transplant, a landmark in the quest to ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney ... it plans to start a clinical trial of pig-kidney transplantation later this year.