A 54-year-old patient is recovering after undergoing a novel xenotransplantation procedure.
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. The concept of animal-to-human organ transplantation , or xenotransplantation, has been appealing for decades, given the longstanding shortage of human donor organs.
These devices are either used to keep people stable while they wait for a heart transplant or as a long-term treatment for people not eligible for one. But her pre-existing kidney disease would typically rule out this option. And without a heart pump, she likely had only days to weeks more to live. The NYU doctors decided to ask Pisano if she would be willing to receive both the pump and a new pig kidney, which she quickly agreed to.
Heart Transplantation Organ Transplantation Xenotransplantation Kidney Transplantation NYU Langone Health Organ Donation Health Medical Pharma Robert Montgomery René Küss Lung Transplantation Lisa Pisano Massachusetts General Hospital Gizmodo
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