The 53-year-old woman who received the genetically modified animal organ is the ideal recipient to push science forward.

Researchers are gearing up as two companies to begin the world's first formal studies of pig-to-human transplants in 2025. So ...

Looney's slow recovery has sparked hope that one day pig kidneys could assist in alleviating the ongoing organ shortage, ...

A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig.

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 ...

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

A n Alabama woman who had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant since 2017 just became the third-ever recipient of ...

Towana Looney became the fifth American to receive a gene-edited pig organ and is recovering well post-transplant.

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

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month in New York City that freed her from eight years ...

The Alabama woman is recovering well ... the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as ...