US woman gets a second chance in life after pig kidney transplant: 'I'm overjoyed'

| 18 Dec 2024 5:32 PM IST

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999, only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications. Now, the 53-year-old from Alabama has become the latest recipient of a gene-edited pig kidney -- and is currently the only living person in the world with an animal organ transplant, New York's NYU Langone Hospital announced Tuesday.

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