Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis.

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...