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.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: An Alabama woman has reached a huge milestone as the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant.

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 ...

An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently surviving for over ...

Montgomery shared his confidence in her continued improvement, stating, "We’re quite optimistic that this is going to ...

Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other ...

It's been two months since her surgery and Towana Looney's story is raising hope for people on transplant waiting lists.

Towana Looney has marked two months since undergoing an experimental kidney transplant, making her the longest-living ...

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Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart.

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