An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.

In November 2024, physicians transplated a kidney from a United pig (called a UKidney) with 10 gene edits into Towana Looney, a 53-year-old Alabama woman. Looney, who is now the longest-living ...

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Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ ...

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