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Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...
Researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by ...
A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it ...
A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...
An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place ...
The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...