Towana Looney, 53, received a gene-edited pig kidney in a groundbreaking surgery, becoming the only living person with a pig organ transplant. Looney, who suffered from kidney failure, was ineligible for a traditional transplant due to antibodies in her blood. The FDA approved the experimental procedure under its expanded access program, allowing doctors to use unproven therapies. This surgery is only the third time a human has received an edited pig kidney.
A woman in Alabama is recovering after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney in a breakthrough surgery.Towana Looney, 53, developed kidney failure years after donating one of her original kidneys to her mother. She began eight years of dialysis treatments and went on the waiting list for a donor kidney, but the antibodies in her bloodstream made a traditional kidney transplant riskier than usual: Doctors were worried her body might reject a donated organ.
Looney's procedure is only the third time a human has received an edited pig kidney, and she is the only living person with a pig organ transplant.“I feel like I’ve been given another chance at life. I cannot wait to be able to travel again and spend more quality time with my family and grandchildren,' Looney said.
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