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

US woman has gene-edited pig-kidney transplant, and scientists hope experimental surgery could save thousands of lives ...

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

Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who ...

The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage. Towana Looney of Alabama was able to leave ...

Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney stands with transplant surgeons Dr. Jayme Locke, left, now of the U.S. Health Resources & ...

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

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

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

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