Discover the story of Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney, as she returns home after groundbreaking transplant.

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Three months after her breakthrough surgery at NYU Langone Health, Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney, is headed back home to Alabama.

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Three months after her breakthrough surgery at NYU Langone Health, Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a ...

Towana Looney became the first longest-living person with an animal transplant specifically a pig kidney to make it over the ...

Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant, defying expectations and paving the way for future xenotransplantation.

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort pa ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.

The first was performed on Towana Looney, a US-based woman who – as of last month – became the longest-living recipient of a pig kidney. The second transplant was on 54-year-old Lisa Pisano ...

While Andrews and another patient, Towana Looney of Alabama, have recovered well after receiving pig kidneys, two other recipients died shortly after their procedures last year. One of them ...