Einer dritten Person wurde eine gentechnisch veränderte Schweineniere transplantiert

More than 103,000 people in the United States are on the waiting list for a transplant, with the vast majority of those needing a kidney. With human donor organs in short supply, some researchers are exploring the use of pigs as a potential source.

Now, an Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday.

Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after undergoing the procedure at NYU Langone Health on November 25. She was discharged from the hospital on December 6, and her doctors say she is in good health. Her surgery is the latest in a series of similar procedures known as [xenotransplantation](https://www.wired.com/story/heres-whats-next-for-pig-organ-transplants/), the practice of transplanting organs from one species to another.

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If you’re gonna genetically engineer a pig to be an organ mule, the least you could is throw in some extras for him. Y’know, give him a big hog.