Pig Kidney Transplant Gives Hope to US Woman Who Donated Own to Her Mother

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications. Now, the 53-year-old from Alabama has become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney – and is currently the only living person in the world with an animal organ transplant, New York’s NYU Langone hospital announced Tuesday.

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