The statement said the issue will be discussed at an upcoming meeting of CDC’s expert vaccine panel, ACIP. It was scheduled ...

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 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 ...

Still, Andrews was a little nervous and sought advice from the only other person who knew what a pig kidney transplant was like — the NYU patient, Towana Looney. “We just prayed together and ...

Locke has been involved in the transplant and care of 53-year-old Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney from United Therapeutics in November at NYU Langone’s Transplant Institute. Looney ...