Transplant patient stable and on dialysis after pig organ removed due to 'unique challenges' with heart, kidney health
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to a statement on Friday from NYU Langone Health. The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey is stable and has started dialysis, her doctors said.
![Transplant patient stable and on dialysis after pig organ removed due to 'unique challenges' with heart, kidney health](https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.6908567.1717173981!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg?#)
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to a statement on Friday from NYU Langone Health. The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey is stable and has started dialysis, her doctors said.