{"id":34522,"date":"2024-04-24T17:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/woman-has-combined-pig-kidney-transplant-and-heart-pump-implant-in-world-first\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:45:49","slug":"woman-has-combined-pig-kidney-transplant-and-heart-pump-implant-in-world-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/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":"
\"Woman<\/div>


\n<\/p>\n

\n

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

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

“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<\/a><\/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

\n
\n
<\/div>
\n Image:<\/span>
\n Ms Pisano is said to be recovering well. Pic: AP
\n <\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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

Read more on Sky News:
Skies over Athens turn ‘apocalyptic’ orange<\/a>
World’s biggest 3D printer unveiled in the US<\/a>
‘Staggering’ drop in insects squashed on cars, survey shows<\/a><\/strong><\/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

<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/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><\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure had left her too ill to qualify for a traditional transplant. The 54-year-old, from New Jersey, became the first woman and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/04\/768x432\/skynews-lisa-pisano-pig-kidney-transplant_6531844.jpg?20240424154609","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[607],"tags":[18300,2462,11791,23383,23382,1033,10792,2486,1052],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34524,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions\/34524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}