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

It can be unusual for a husband and wife to be a transplant match because several factors are required, including blood and ...

The longest-living recipient of a genetically ... gene-edited pig kidney for Ms. Looney’s surgery, plans to begin a clinical trial of pig-kidney transplantation this year.

A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

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

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 ... Americans are currently waiting on organ transplant lists, hoping for a living person to donate one of their kidneys or for ...

She left the hospital 11 days after surgery at NYU Langone Transplant Institute ... Looney donated a kidney to help save her mother’s life in 1999 but later developed kidney failure after ...