47-day after pig kidney transplant, patient Lisa Pisino returns to dialysis due to organ failure.
47-day after a pig kidney transplant, Lisa Pisano, the second patient to receive a gene-edited pig kidney, is back on dialysis due to the organ's failure. NYU Langone Health announced her stable condition following the operation to remove the failing kidney. The first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard Slayman, died in early May, nearly two months after his transplant.
May 31, 2024
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