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A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also 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.
A woman with life-threatening heart and kidney disease became the second person ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney and the first person to receive a heart pump and a transplanted organ together
Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health
The woman was much sicker than the first person to receive the transplant, but appears to be faring equally as well.