{"id":2233,"date":"2024-04-25T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T11:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/woman-has-combined-pig-kidney-transplant-and-heart-pump-implant-in-world-first\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T11:51:57","slug":"woman-has-combined-pig-kidney-transplant-and-heart-pump-implant-in-world-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/woman-has-combined-pig-kidney-transplant-and-heart-pump-implant-in-world-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman has combined pig kidney transplant and heart pump implant in world first"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A US woman has become the first person in the world to undergo a pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump surgically implanted.<\/p>\n

Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure had left her too ill to qualify for a traditional transplant.<\/p>\n

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The 54-year-old, from New Jersey, became the first woman and only the second patient ever to receive a genetically-modified pig kidney when she “took a chance”.<\/p>\n

In a world first, Ms Pisano allowed doctors at NYU Langone Transplant Institute in New York to implant a mechanical pump to keep her heart beating and then a few days later to transplant a pig kidney.<\/p>\n

She said: “I was at the end of my rope. I just took a chance.<\/p>\n

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“And you know, worst case scenario, if it didn’t work for me, it might have worked for someone else and it could have helped the next person.”<\/p>\n

Her husband Todd said: “With this surgery I get to see my wife smile again.”<\/p>\n

Last month, it was revealed a 62-year-old man became the first person to be transplanted with a pig kidney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other transplant experts are said to be closely watching the progress of Ms Pisano, who doctors said was recovering well.<\/p>\n

Dr Robert Montgomery, director of NYU Langone Transplant Institute, recalled there were cheers in the operating room as the organ immediately started making urine.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the early results of the surgery, he added: “It’s been transformative.”<\/p>\n

But Dr Nader Moazami, the NYU cardiac surgeon who implanted the heart pump, warned “we’re not off the hook yet”.<\/p>\n

The two surgeries took place within eight days and needed emergency permission from US health agency, the Food And Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 people are on the transplant waiting list in the US – most need a kidney, but thousands die waiting.<\/p>\n

Raising hopes of filling the shortage of donated organs, several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs so their organs are more human-like and less likely to be destroyed by people’s immune system.<\/p>\n

Ms Pisano’s case is the latest in a string of attempts to make animal-to-human transplantation a reality.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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