Recipient of pig kidney transplant reaches a milestone

An Alabama grandmother who was the first patient to receive a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney more than two months ago is now the longest surviving recipient of a pig organ.

Recipient of pig kidney transplant reaches a milestone
Towana Looney (right) and her daughter Tytian at NYU Langone Health in New York.

An Alabama grandmother who was the first patient to receive a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney more than two months ago is now the longest surviving recipient of a pig organ.

(Image credit: Rob Stein)