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The gene-edited pig kidney, with thymus enclosed under the kidney covering, is prepared for transplantation on April 12, 2024.Surgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the second time, a hospitalThe procedure at NYU Langone Health in New York was carried out in April on Lisa Pisano, 54, who had suffered heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, with doctors giving her just weeks to live barring some kind of medical intervention.
Lead surgeon Dr Robert Montgomery told reporters Wednesday the operation was a"milestone in our journey to make life-saving organs available to anyone who needs them." Xenotransplants – a transplant of an organ between different species – have been hailed as a potential solution for in-need patients amid a chronic shortage of organ donors.
Pisano, a grandmother from New Jersey, said she had"exhausted all other resources" before choosing to go ahead with the procedure.
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