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 ...

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

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

By Roni Caryn Rabin Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after she experienced acute organ rejection, NYU Langone Health officials said on Friday.

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days 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 ...

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 with a pig ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

Doctors say they’ve removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Towana ...