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

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.

This woman made history by living for two months with a genetically altered pig organ, marking a major milestone in animal-to ...

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 patient, Towana Looney, is now more than two months out from surgery and recovering well, Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health More than 90,000 patients in the United States are waiting for a ...