Alabama woman doing well after latest experimental pig kidney transplant

Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney sits with transplant surgeon Dr. Jayme Locke at NYU Langone Health, in New York City, on Dec. 10, 2024. Doctors prepare patient Towana Looney to receive a gene-edited pig kidney at NYU Langone Health in New York City on Nov. 25, 2024.

An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs.