Alabama woman doing well after gene-edited pig kidney transplant

Towana Looney, a 53-year-old Alabama woman, is now free from years of dialysis after receiving an experimental pig kidney transplant last month.

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An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant

An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time in eight years
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Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead
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A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney

A 53-year-old woman was the third to undergo the transplant procedure. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term effects.
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An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis
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Why the first successful pig kidney transplant offers new hope for thousands awaiting donors

NYU Langone Health announced the groundbreaking transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a 53-year-old Alabama woman. Now free from dialysis, she is the only person in the world living with a ...
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Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant

The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.
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Alabama woman doing well after gene-edited pig kidney transplant

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