NEW YORK -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump ...
(CNN) — Lisa Pisano, the first person to receive a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney, died Sunday, according to NYU Langone Health, where she had the surgery. Pisano received ...
A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the second living person to receive a genetically engineered pig kidney. The surgery, carried out at NYU Langone Health on April 12, also involved ...
Daughter Brittany Harvill and Lisa Pisano_1Lisa Pisano, 54, has become the first person to ever undergo a combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant operation. Pictured: Pisano (right) with her ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig ...