An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place a record 130 days.
An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it.
Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at NYU Langone Health.
Looney thanked her doctors for «the opportunity to be part of this incredible research.»
Although doctors now have her back on dialysis, the experience gave doctors much-needed information on the journey to a solution.
«Though the outcome is not what anyone wanted, I know a lot was learned from my 130 days with a pig kidney – and that this can help and inspire many others in their journey to overcoming kidney disease», Looney told The Associated Press.
