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New Jersey woman receives transplanted pig kidney NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of
A New Jersey woman who was near death received a transplanted pig kidney that stabilized her failing heart.
The woman was much sicker than the first person to receive the transplant, but appears to be faring equally as well.
NEW YORK -- Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.
Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options