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.

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 ...

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 ...

On Nov. 25, a team of clinicians at the New York City-based health system successfully transplanted UKidney, a 10-gene-edited pig kidney into Towana Looney, 53. Ms. Looney was on a transplant waiting ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy ...

Towana Looney of Alabama has become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant. The 53-year-old woman passed the ...

United Therapeutics, a Maryland and North Carolina corporation known for pig organ transplant work, is looking to build a ...