I just learned that the record holder for longest use of a pig kidney transplant had to have it removed in early April due to an unrelated infection and had to go back on dialysis.

Hate this for her, glad she’s alive, hope it goes better for the most recent recipient.

it started to fail when Towana Looney had to reduce her antirejection medicine due to the unrelated infection. But she can at least claim to be the first of the trial patients to have it removed and live. And 130 days with a functioning pig kidney remains the record for now.

xenotransplantation continues to show an incredible amount of promise. Hoping that Looney gets a new kidney, and also hoping the best for Tim Andrews, who received his pig kidney on 25 January.