Source: US Newes & World Report
“New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days. The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a candidate for heart and kidney transplants. … But Pisano has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to a combined transplant of a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney. It’s the first time the two vastly different medical technologies have been performed on one patient, said surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City. There are no documented instances of anyone with a mechanical heart pump receiving an organ transplant of any kind, they added.” (04/24/24)