An Alabama woman who received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant at NYU Langone in November is recovering well more than 60 days after the procedure.
On November 25, a team of clinicians at the New York City-based health system successfully transplanted UKidney, a 10-gene-edited pig kidney into Towana Looney, 53. Ms. Looney was on a transplant waiting list for nearly eight years before physicians determined the probability of a safe human transplant was slim.
Now, Ms. Looney is the longest-living recipient of the four Americans who have received a gene-edited pig organ, having surpassed the two-month mark.
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