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Alabama woman has pig kidney removed after a record 130 days

Alabama woman living with pig kidneys was removing it after a 130-day record kidney woman had her body started to reject it. Towana Rooney of Gadsden, Alabama, returned to Japan following an April 4 surgery at NYU Langone Health. Rooney thanked the doctors for “an opportunity to participate in this incredible study.” Pig kidney transplant […]

Woman receives pig kidney transplant, walks out of hospital days later

An Alabama woman has successfully undergone a gene-edited pig kidney transplant at NYU Langone Health. This was the seventh pig organ transplant completed by NYU Langone surgeons. Twana Rooney, 53, was miraculously discharged from hospital just a few days after surgery. Massachusetts man discharged from hospital after first successful pig kidney transplant At a press […]

Surgeons implant new kind of engineered pig kidney

Surgeons have successfully performed the fifth gene-edited pig organ transplant to an Alabama woman who needed a new kidney. Twana Rooney, 53, underwent the procedure after eight years of dialysis. “It's like a new beginning,” said Rooney, 53. Associated Press. Immediately, she said, “My energy was amazing. It's incredible that my kidneys are working and […]

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

An Alabama woman is recovering well and freed from eight years of dialysis after undergoing a pig kidney transplant last month, the latest effort to use animal organs to save lives. Twana Rooney is the fifth American to receive gene-edited pig organs. And, notably, she is not as ill as previous recipients, who died within […]