WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Doctors say they’ve removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Towana ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However ...

In a landmark case for xenotransplantation, 53-year-old Towana Looney from Alabama had a genetically modified pig kidney ...

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In a fecal transplant, healthcare professionals remove stool — which is full of good bacteria — from a donor without the condition, screen it for potential pathogens, strain it, liquefy it ...

The main symptom of kidney stones is pain in your back, abdomen, or side. Some other symptoms include cloudy urine, a burning sensation when you urinate, and nausea. Kidney stones are one of the ...

Apr. 11, 2025 — A multi-institutional team developed a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-based strategy for specifically targeting AML cells in patients who relapsed following other ...

Below are recordings of the Kidney Pre-Transplant Education Class. You can also view the most updated slides here. The class is split into two videos. Both videos must be watched to receive all of the ...

But what if you could give them a second chance at life? Bob Parfitt took the leap of faith when his sister, Natalie Whiteman, learned that she needed a kidney transplant in 1975. “Natalie found out ...