US EditionA Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Set a Record with Four Months Free of Dialysis – Patient Worthy
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A Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Set a Record with Four Months Free of Dialysis – Patient Worthy
In 1999, Towana Looney, a resident of Alabama, donated one of her own kidneys to help save her mother’s life. Then Towana waited eight years for an organ transplant that never materialized. Her health was deteriorating. Without receiving a donor match for a transplant, she would die. When Towana heard about the pig kidney transplant, […]
The failure of pig kidneys in humans: why the patient who has been with one the longest has withdrawn it
Towana Looney spent 130 days with a pig graft until her body ended up rejecting it. More information: The Murcian surgeon who will do the first pig-to-human liver transplant in Europe: "We are ready"
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