Surgeons at NYU took out the pig kidney because it wasn’t getting enough blood flow.
Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman with kidney failure who also needed a mechanical heart pump. The team behind the transplant says there were problems with the heart pump, not the pig kidney, and that the patient is in stable condition. Pisano was facing heart and kidney failure and required routine dialysis.
During Pisano’s surgery, the donor pig’s thymus gland, which is responsible for “educating” the immune system, was also transplanted to reduce the likelihood of rejection. A recent biopsy did not show signs of rejection, but Pisano’s kidney was injured due to a lack of blood flow, according to the statement. The team plans to study the explanted pig kidney to learn more. Pisano is now back on dialysis, a treatment for kidney-failure patients, and her heart pump is still functioning.
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