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NYU Doctors Perform First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Combined With Heart Pump Implant

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:43

Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been crossed, with doctors at New York University Langone today announcing the world’s first combination pig kidney and heart pump transplant. The recipient is a 54-year-old woman named Lisa Pisano who was diagnosed with terminal kidney disease and heart failure.

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62-Year-Old Man Doing Great After Leaving Hospital With Pig Kidney

Thu, 04/04/2024 - 14:50

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The new era of animal-to-human kidney transplantation is off to a good start. On Wednesday, 62-year-old Richard Slayman, the world’s first living human recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney, was able to go home from the hospital. Slayman’s new kidney appears to be functioning as expected two weeks…

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