Towana Looney

Towana Looney received a pig kidney from Revivicor in November 2024 but had to have it removed after her body rejected it.

Jutarnji List – Croatian daily newspaper, est. 1998·Croatia· 2025-11-03

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother and later underwent a transplant herself.

CNN·United States· 2025-05-16

Towana Looney lived with a pig kidney for 130 days before undergoing surgery to remove it.

ידיעות אחרונות (Yedioth Ahronoth / ynet)·Israel· 2025-04-17

Towana Looney was the first to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and lived with it for four months and nine days.

Corriere della Sera·Italy· 2025-04-15

Towana Looney lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days before it had to be removed due to her body starting to reject it.

VnExpress – leading Vietnamese online newspaper, est. 2001·Vietnam· 2025-04-15

Towana Looney has returned home to Gadsden after undergoing surgery a week ago.

Daily Graphic – state-owned Ghanaian newspaper, est. 1950·Ghana· 2025-04-14

Towana Looney lived with a genetically engineered pig's kidney for 130 days before experiencing acute organ rejection.

The Times of India·India· 2025-04-13

Towana Looney, a pig kidney transplant recipient, gets a morning check-up with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health.

Fox News·United States· 2025-04-13

Towana Looney, a patient from Alabama, had a genetically modified pig kidney transplanted and later removed after four months of functioning.

Monaco-Matin – newspaper covering the Principality of Monaco·Monaco· 2025-04-11

Towana Looney, 53, returned home to Alabama after receiving a pig kidney on November 25, 2024.

El Comercio·Peru· 2025-03-28

Towana Looney is the first person in the United States to live for three months after receiving a pig kidney transplant.

Corriere della Sera·Italy· 2025-03-27

Towana Looney, 53, is back home in Alabama after receiving a pig kidney.

Dawn – Pakistan’s oldest and most widely read English daily, est. 1941·Pakistan· 2025-03-26

Towana Looney, 53, returned home to Alabama after receiving a pig kidney on November 25, 2024.

Listín Diario – oldest Dominican newspaper, est. 1889·Dominican Republic· 2025-03-26

Towana Looney received a new kidney from a pig.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung·Switzerland· 2025-02-17

Towana Looney is the only other person who knew what a pig kidney transplant was like and provided support to Tim Andrews.

The Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-02-08