one Alabama woman After her body began to refuse, she made a 130-day history with her pig kidney.
Towana Looney, from Gadsden, Alabama, returned home after undergoing surgery at Nyu Langone Health on April 4.
Looney thanked her doctor for “the opportunity to be part of this incredible study.”
Towana Looney, a pig kidney transplant recipient, had a morning check with Dr. Jeffrey Stern of Nyu Langone Health, NY. on Friday, January 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
Woman undergoing experimental pig kidney transplantation after new organ failure
Although the doctor now let her recover from dialysis, this experience provides the doctor with much-needed information about the solution journey.
“While the results are not what anyone wants, I know I’ve learned a lot from the 130-day pig kidneys that can help and inspire many others on their journey to overcome kidney disease,” Rooney told the Associated Press.
According to an Associated Press report, Looney has been undergoing dialysis since 2016 and has been abnormally denied to reject human kidneys.
Since the program, she has called herself a “super female” and is able to live longer than anyone with gene-edited pig organs. Looney was transplanted from November 25 to early April.
Pig kidney transplant recipient Towana Looney sat down with 2 transplant surgeons, Dr. Jayme Locke, at Nyu Langone Health, New York on December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
Rooney surgeon Dr. Robert Montgomery said the investigation was under investigation and rejection.
He and her doctors believe that removing pigs’ kidneys is less risky than trying to save them.
“We did something safe,” Montgomery told the Associated Press. “She’s not in any worse condition than before (Xenotlansplant), she will tell you that she’ll be better because she’s resting for 4½ months from dialysis.”
Montgomery said Rooney had previously suffered an infection and her immunosuppressive antiresponse drugs were slightly reduced. Meanwhile, her immune system reactivates after the transplant. These factors may damage the new kidneys, he said.
Lisa Pisano looked at pictures of her dog after surgery on Monday, April 22, 2024 at Nyu Langone Health, NY. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
Last May, Lisa Pisano, The second person receives the kidneys From gene-edited pigs, the kidneys must also be removed to restore dialysis.
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More than 100,000 people are on the US transplant waiting list, most of them Need a kidneythousands of people died. To fill the shortage of donated organs, several biotech companies are genetically modified by pigs, so their organs are more humane and unlikely to be destroyed by people’s immune systems.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
