An Alabama grandmother who was the first patient to receive a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney more than two ...
An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of slowing down.
Towana Looney of Alabama has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant. The 53-year-old woman passed the ...
Montgomery shared his confidence in her continued improvement, stating, "We’re quite optimistic that this is going to ...
Towana Looney, an Alabama woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, has surpassed two months post-surgery, ...
An Alabama woman who is the only living recipient of a pig organ transplant became the longest living person with a ...
An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently surviving for over ...
Towana Looney has now lived longer than any person with a kidney from a pig. Looney's body produces antibodies that would reject most human kidneys. Before the pig transplant, she had to spend four ...
“I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. “It’s a new take on life.
Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other ...
"I'm superwoman," Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. "It's a new take on life." ...
Towana Looney is the fifth patient to be given a gene-edited pig organ since 2022, none of whom survived two months ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty An Alabama woman has become the longest living ...