Surgeons implant new kind of engineered pig kidney

Farm breeds pigs for human kidney transplant; it’s a blessing, patient says

The US’ long waiting list for transplants could be shortened with the use of genetically modified animal organs. This farm is key to process.

Surgeons implant new kind of engineered pig kidney

USA TODAY – For more and to sign up click here Ashleigh Fields Surgeons successfully completed the fifth gene-edited pig organ transplant for an Alabama woman who needed a new kidney. Towana Looney, 53, underwent the procedure after eight years of dialysis. “It’s like a new beginning,” Looney, 53, told the Associated Press. Right away, “the energy I had was amazing. To have a working… Source

'Blessed': US woman sees second chance in life after pig kidney

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later due to pregnancy complications. Now, the 53-year-old from Alabama has become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney - and is currently the only living person in the world with an animal organ transplant,...

US woman sees second chance at life after pig kidney transplant

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old from Alabama, is the fifth patient to receive an organ from a genetically modified pig in the United States since 2022, and was in better health than prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart. Her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.

Doctors report pig kidney transplant success in US woman

The NewsDoctors revealed Tuesday that a 53-year-old US woman successfully received a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, becoming the only person in the world currently living with a pig organ, according to her medical team.Since the November surgery, the woman has lived for weeks without dialysis, an encouraging sign for future transplants using genetically modified pig organs.Some scientists believe such procedures could save th…

'Blessed': US woman sees second chance in life after pig kidney transplant

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later due to pregnancy complications.