Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

In May of last year, Lisa Pisano, the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, also had to have her kidney removed to resume dialysis. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP More than ...

Lisa Pisano, 54, was suffering from heart and kidney failure before the surgeries and was ineligible for a human transplant. She received the heart pump, called an LVAD, on April 4 and the pig ...

WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating – has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death from… ...

Lisa Pisano, 54, remains hospitalized and has been transferred back to kidney dialysis after having the transplanted organ removed. The organ had not been rejected by her body.

The pig kidney and heart pump recipient, Lisa Pisano, 54, recently went into an operation where surgeons had to remove the failing organ to keep her alive, according to The New York Times.

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A woman who was the second person to ever receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has had the transplanted organ removed due to complications ...

Key TakeawaysTransplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Woman Who Received It Jun 5, 2024 Updated Jun 5, 2024 Comments ...

47 days after becoming the second patient to receive a new kidney from a gene-modified pig, a woman has had to have the organ removed Lisa Pisano's body had not rejected the organ, but a heart ...