Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of pig organ transplant

Towana Looney, an Alabama woman, became the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant, with her new kidney functioning normally for 61 days and counting. Her recovery is a milestone in the development of animal-to-human transplants, with only four other Americans having received similar experimental transplants. Scientists are genetically modifying pig organs to address the shortage of transplantable human organs, with Looney’s progress informing future attempts and potentially leading to formal studies of xenotransplantation.

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