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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
AP ^ | 1/25/2024 | LAURAN NEERGAARD

Posted on 01/29/2025 10:54:52 AM PST by Miami Rebel

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. “It’s a new take on life.” Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other Americans have received hugely experimental transplants of gene-edited pig organs – two hearts and two kidneys – and none lived more than two months.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: transplants
5,000 Americans die each year waiting for a human kidney transplant. I donated one in 2019, but I'd be delighted if the need for human donations becomes a thing of the past.
1 posted on 01/29/2025 10:54:52 AM PST by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

the young muslim american said, WHAT?!


2 posted on 01/29/2025 10:56:11 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Miami Rebel
Sure, everyone is happy, but how do you think the pig feels?


3 posted on 01/29/2025 10:58:51 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: teeman8r

Nobody will require the young Muslim American to take one.


4 posted on 01/29/2025 10:59:37 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Miami Rebel

This is very true, however, 10s of thousands of Americans including myself have animal parts implanted in their bodies to help live a normal life.

Personally, I have an aortic valve made from a pig valve implanted last June when I had open heart surgery.

In my case, they’re no anti-rejection drugs required to keep the body from rejecting the valve.


5 posted on 01/29/2025 11:03:39 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: Miami Rebel

Real medical progress will be when we can grow replacement organs tailored for the immune systems of individuals to replace failed organs.


6 posted on 01/29/2025 11:09:26 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Miami Rebel

Bill Clinton has had his new schlong for two years?


7 posted on 01/29/2025 11:15:39 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Texas Eagle

Auuuugh! Two months! Dammit!


8 posted on 01/29/2025 11:16:22 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Miami Rebel

I will not make a comment on this post.
I will not make a comment on this post.
I will not make a comment on this post.


9 posted on 01/29/2025 11:34:52 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Miami Rebel

“Other than needing to suppress an irresistible urge to ‘,Oink’ when she is happy or claw into gardens looking for truffles, the patient is making a full recovery from her organ transplant, with no negative side effects.”. //


10 posted on 01/29/2025 11:40:37 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Miami Rebel

That’s....not...kosher.


11 posted on 01/29/2025 11:43:25 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Miami Rebel
This is an amazing accomplishment. As a former dialysis patient (for three years) and someone with stage IV kidney failure today, I know a little about this subject.

Of course, there's always the drama, like the patient is about to die because of kidney failure. The truth is that probably 95% of those in kidney failure have an option -- dialysis. It sure ain't no fun, but some people believe it is an option better than death.

Kidney disease can often be managed, but not always, and this is an excellent option. It's been in the works for many years and finally reached success. How great!

The big problem has been rejection, but the company that supplied the kidney used genetic alterations on that piggy to wipe out the factors that caused the rejection -- at least, it sure appears that way. Two months for this lady is a little too early to make a final call -- but it is sure a very positive sign! Hooray for modern medicine. Expect more stories like this

12 posted on 01/29/2025 12:19:33 PM PST by icclearly
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To: srmanuel

Is that the norm? Do most people not need anti-rejection drugs when using pig organs?


13 posted on 01/29/2025 4:26:54 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Miami Rebel

The only perfect organ transplant is between identical twins, or clones.

With a clone you would have a very young organ that was a perfect match.

Of course to do this would require money, secrecy, an extreme lack of morals, time to mature the clone and a willing clinic.

If this seems unlikely remember that they can clone your pet dog now... for a price.

If clones were used to sustain a matching body (or more likely (brain/spine) you would have a rudimentary way to bridge between end-of-life and a not too distant future when a more practical extension would become possible.

This is hideous but far more likely to succeed than cryogenics which is a method unlikely to work at all.


14 posted on 01/29/2025 7:36:11 PM PST by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore...)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I’m not 100% sure but I would imagine an animal kidney or other organ would require such a drug, I do know for sure a pig heart valve does not require such drugs


15 posted on 01/29/2025 9:13:27 PM PST by srmanuel
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To: TheDon
Oddly enough it is.

The Israeli Council of Rabbis has said using pig valves to repair hearts is kosher because you are not eating it and because it is done to save a life.

This is essentially the same thing.

16 posted on 01/29/2025 9:24:47 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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