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

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

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.

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...

Towana Looney is the fifth patient to be given a gene-edited pig organ since 2022, none of whom survived two months ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty An Alabama woman has become the longest living ...

Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health. Photo: AP Photo/ Shelby Lum Sign up for our ...

US-based woman, Towana Looney, passed a major milestone on Saturday by becoming the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant. She is healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 ...

Medical science is undergoing a transformative phase, with innovative approaches like xenotransplantation, 3D bioprinting, ...

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

NEW YORK ‒ If records are meant to be broken, Towana Looney is grateful to be a record-breaker. Looney has been living for 10 weeks with a kidney from a pig instead of her own. The longest ...