A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it ...

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

A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman ...

An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

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

This was the longest a human had survived with a pig kidney transplant. She has returned to dialysis and awaits future transplant possibilities. Towana Looney lived for more than four months with ...

An Alabama woman who received a pig kidney transplant had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it.

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...