Pig kidney removed from Alabama woman a record 130 days after transplant

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Pig kidney transplant recipient Towana Looney had suffered an infection linked to her prior time on dialysis. Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys are failing. The two main causes of kidney failure are diabetes and high blood pressure (AP)

Doctors say they’ve removed a pig kidney from an Alabama woman after she lived with the organ for a record 130 days. Read More