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Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed
Surgeons at NYU took out the pig kidney because it wasn’t getting enough blood flow.
She wasn’t eligible to receive a traditional heart and kidney transplant from a human donor because of several chronic medical conditions that reduced the likelihood of a good outcome. “On balance, the kidney was no longer contributing enough to justify continuing the immunosuppression regimen,” said Robert Montgomery, director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, in the statement. “We are hoping to get Lisa back home to her family soon,” Montgomery said, calling Pisano a “pioneer and a hero in the effort to create a sustainable option for people waiting for an organ transplant.”
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