A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 ... “In early April, she had a reduction in renal function due to acute rejection. What triggered the rejection episode after ...

(CNN) — A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 ... “In early April, she had a reduction in renal function due to acute rejection. What triggered the rejection ...

Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal’s organ set a record, the hospital that performed ...

and Looney -- her health deteriorating -- was ultimately cleared to receive a genetically modified pig kidney. Though early results were encouraging, "in early April, she had a reduction in renal ...

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 ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However, her immune system rejected the organ. Doctors removed the kidney on ...

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 who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday - a disappointment in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday ...