Looney has not had a normal life for some time. She was among more than 90,000 people who are currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant in the US. “If I listened to the negatives and ...
A 53-year-old Alabama woman is now free from years of dialysis after receiving a pig kidney transplant last month. "It's like a new beginning," Looney told The Associated Press. Right away ...
An Alabama woman is in “extraordinary” health after becoming the third living person to receive a pig kidney transplant, NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday, as doctors say the increasingly ...
Three genes were eliminated to avoid an immediate immune rejection after the transplant, Montgomery said. A fourth gene was "knocked out" to prevent the pig kidney from continuing to grow after it ...
A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig, living healthily with the new organ for over a month, her New York City doctors ...
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty An Alabama woman "is recuperating well" after undergoing a pig kidney transplant in New York City, per reports. Towana Looney, 53, underwent surgery using the organ from ...
The future of public media depends on viewers like you. NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis ...