Towana Looney is the only person in the world living with a functional pig kidney. But her doctor predicts that in less than a decade, pig-to-human organ transplants like hers could become routine.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ, after eight years on dialysis ...

Towana Looney knew that the first four people who ever received an organ from a pig died within two months. But the Gadsden, Alabama, woman was still game to try it herself. After eight years on ...

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after ...

The rise of so-called pig butchering investment scams over the past few years largely caught the world unawares, capitalizing on conditions surrounding pandemic lockdowns and global economic ...

Twenty-five years after donating a kidney to her mother, an Alabama woman became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

In yet another sign of xenotransplantation creeping toward reality, a medical team at NYU Langone Health announced Tuesday that, for the third time, a kidney from a genetically modified pig had ...

The case will be closely watched by the transplant community, as success could speed initiation of a clinical trial, bringing pig transplants closer to reality and helping to solve the organ ...

IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire Livvy Dunne is the queen of the bedroom selfies. When she’s not taking bedroom selfies, Dunne is busy practicing to help LSU defend the school’s first-ever national ...

The Olivia Summit addresses this with a spacious layout that's arranged on one floor and includes two bedrooms and a like number of bathrooms. The Olivia Summit, by Tiny Mountain Houses ...

The mini-split heat pump that serves as the central HVAC system in my home can’t quite reach the bedroom. But the Kelvin on the wall helps to supplement the warmth before we go to bed or when we ...