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.

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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 ...

Her body's eventual rejection of the transplant showed that the reliable ... was ultimately cleared to receive a genetically modified pig kidney. Though early results were encouraging, "in early ...

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 ...

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated ... N.H., has been living with a kidney from a genetically modified pig since Jan. 25.