Towana Looney, 53, underwent surgery using the organ from a genetically manipulated pig on Nov. 25 at NYU Langone Health ...

Last month, Towana Looney became the fifth American to get a gene-edited pig organ. Her operation marks the third time a kidney from a gene-edited pig has been transplanted into a living human.

On November 25, 53-year-old Towana Looney became just the third living person to receive a pig kidney in an experimental ...

It's a medical miracle for a Central Alabama woman.52-year-old Towana Looney of Gadsden donated a kidney to her mother in ...

Towana Looney became the first living person in the world to get a kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig last ...

Towana Looney of Alabama received a successful pig kidney transplant. NYU Langone Drs. Robert Montgomery and Marc Siegel ...

A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery, which represents some of ...

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.

Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart.

The 7-hour surgery was performed on November 25, marking the third time that a kidney from a gene-edited pig has been transplanted into a living human. Recipient Towana Looney, of Alabama ...

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 game to try it herself. After eight years on ...

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 ...