An Alabama woman passed a major milestone on Saturday by becoming the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant. Towana Looney, 53, is healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. Here’s all we know about her. Towana Looney and her journey of getting a pig organ transplant Towana […]
2 No decision has been taken yet on the liver transplant of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, said her personal physician Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain while briefing reporters in front of ‘The London Clinic’ on Thursday night. This information was confirmed to BSS by London-based Bangladeshi journalist Shahed Shafiq. Shahed Shafiq said […]
In a warming world, migratory birds face many existential threats. Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their migrations, but each has shortcomings. And there’s another problem: Most birds migrate at night, when it’s more difficult to identify them visually and while most birders are in bed. For […]
The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage. Source link