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 organ, ...

50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other ... I know a lot was learned from my 130 days with a pig kidney – and that this can help and inspire many others ...

The pig kidney transplant cases conducted so far were ... as the first in-human clinical trials draw near, “critical clinical challenges include determining the optimal donor genetic constructs ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days due to rejection. This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits ...

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 ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

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 ...