Siegel commended Looney on her "incredible" journey, which began when she donated her own kidney to her mother 25 ... Out of the seven pig organ transplants that have been performed at NYU Langone ...

Twenty-five years after donating a kidney to her mother, an Alabama woman became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

Towana Looney knew that the first four people who ever received an organ from a pig died within two months. But the Gadsden, Alabama, woman was still ... long enough to receive his new organ.

Jackie Molloy for The New York Times Supported by By Roni Caryn Rabin A 53-year-old Alabama woman ... modified pig in the United States since 2022, and just the third to receive a kidney.

A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery, which represents some of the earliest stages of research into animal transplants for humans.

WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along ... Getty Images Pisano was the second patient ever to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig. The first, Richard ...

Towana Looney says she feels "blessed" and now has a "second chance at life." Towana Looney became the fifth American to receive a gene-edited pig organ last month and is recovering well.

A Woman Who Received a Pig Kidney Transplant Plus a Heart Pump ... Pisano was the second patient ever to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig. The first, Richard “Rick” Slayman, received ...