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.

Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...

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 ...

The kidney was removed Friday, The Times said. United Therapeutics Corporation, the biotech company that created the pig used in the transplant, said the organ had functioned well until the ...

Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama, had lived with the gene-edited pig kidney for 130 days. She lived with the organ longer than any other transplant patient has tolerated a gene-edited animal organ.

open image in gallery Pig kidney transplant recipient Towana Looney had suffered an infection linked to her prior time on dialysis. Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys are failing.

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig. By Gina Kolata On the ...

Towana Looney, a pig kidney transplant recipient, gets a morning check-up with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. AP “Though the outcome is not what ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...