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Lady turns into world’s longest-living recipient of pig organ transplant: ‘I really feel like superwoman’

By Editorial Board Published January 25, 2025 4 Min Read
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Lady turns into world’s longest-living recipient of pig organ transplant: ‘I really feel like superwoman’

A US girl has grow to be the world’s longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, after residing healthily together with her new kidney for 61 days.

Towana Looney, 53, acquired the experimental organ in November after spending almost eight years on the organ transplant checklist with little hope of discovering a match.

She donated a kidney to her mom in 1999 however developed kidney failure a number of years later after a complication throughout being pregnant.

However now, she stated she appears like “superwoman” after the profitable transplant, laughing about outpacing members of the family on lengthy walks round New York Metropolis.

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Towana Looney. Pic: Ms Looney / NYU Langone Well being

She left the hospital simply 11 days after her operation and is staying in New York for an additional month to be noticed by docs earlier than heading dwelling to Alabama.

Solely 4 different People have acquired transplants of gene-edited pig organs and none lived for greater than two months.

“If you saw her on the street, you would have no idea that she’s the only person in the world walking around with a pig organ inside them that’s functioning,” stated Dr Robert Montgomery from NYU Langone Well being, who led Ms Looney’s transplant.

Dr Montgomery referred to as Ms Looney’s kidney operate “absolutely normal”.

Towana Looney is brought into the operating room for her xenotransplant
surgery. Pic: Joe Carrotta / NYU Langone Health

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Towana Looney being introduced into the working room. Pic: Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Well being

Ms Looney’s success means her medical group are actually in unchartered territory.

“The truth is we don’t really know what the next hurdles are because this is the first time we’ve gotten this far,” Dr Montgomery stated.

“We’ll have to continue to really keep a close eye on her.”

Genetically altered pig organs might assist remedy a extreme scarcity of organs out there for transplant.

There are round 7,500 folks on the UK Transplant Ready Checklist, in keeping with the NHS.

Final yr greater than 415 folks died whereas ready for a transplant.

Within the US, greater than 100,000 individuals are ready for a transplant, most who want a kidney.

Transplant surgeon Dr Jayme Locke, Towana Looney and Dr Robert Montgomery. Pic: Mateo Salcedo/NYU Langone Health

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Transplant surgeon Dr Jayme Locke, Towana Looney and Dr Robert Montgomery. Pic: Mateo Salcedo/NYU Langone Well being

“It’s a blessing,” stated Looney. “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.”

There have been no UK transplants like Ms Looney’s, however within the US a handful of hospitals are sharing details about what labored and what didn’t.

That is in preparation for the world’s first formal research of xenotransplantation, which is predicted to start a while this yr.

“Towana represents the culmination of progress we have made in xenotransplantation since we performed the first surgery in 2021,” stated Dr Montgomery.

“She serves as a beacon of hope to those struggling with kidney failure.”

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