Previously, she was executive editor of Chemical & Engineering News. Last month, 53-year old Towana Looney, of Gadsden, ...
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.
Recipient Towana Looney, of Alabama, is currently the only individual in the world living with a pig organ and was the first to receive a pig kidney with 10 gene edits. Looney received the ...