Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead
(MedPage Today) -- A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the first-ever patient to undergo combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery, doctors announced.
The patient, Lisa Pisano, had heart failure and end... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
NYU Langone Health surgeons performed the transplant after implanting a mechanical heart pump in the severely ill patient. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Kidneys Genetic Engineering Medical Devices Implants Surgery and Surgeons Doctors Transplants New York University Langone Health Source Type: news
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
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 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Patient Gets First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Plus Heart Pump
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days.The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a candidate for heart and kidney... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Inspired by her mother, career, transplant nurse altruistically becomes organ donor
Stephanie Donelan recovers following kidney donation surgery Each April, the country celebrates Donate Life Month, an observance to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation, celebrating donors' incredible generosity and inspiring others to consider becoming organ donors. It is also a time to celebrate the unique contributions transplant nurses make to the lives of their patients. Inspired by her work and her mother, Stephanie Donelan, a post-liver transplant coordinator at Mayo Clinic in Florida,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 23, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media
Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Mayo Clinic Minute: Reasons to be a living kidney donor In the U.S., almost 90,000 people are awaiting kidney transplants. Matching the right blood and tissue types to find a compatible donor kidney can be challenging, particularly when the donor pool is smaller than the number of people in need of a transplant. 4 types of head… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 19, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant
Racial and ethnic segregation in residential neighborhoods and in those in which transplant centers are located were associated with decreased access to LDKT.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Reasons to be a living kidney donor
Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for kidney transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Finding a donor kidney that is compatible and matches the right blood and tissue types can be the biggest challenge, especially when the donor pool isn't as large as the number of people who need a transplant. Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says there are some common myths regarding living… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 15, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants
A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new organs. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian M. Rosenthal and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Tags: Kidneys Liver Doctors Transplants Hospitals Memorial Hermann Houston (Tex) Texas United States Source Type: news
Trial to double match blood for kidney transplants
Scientists say the pilot scheme aims to make sure donated kidneys are less likely to be rejected. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racial segregation hurts access to kidney transplants, study suggests
The disparities were greatest when Black residents of the most segregated neighborhoods and White residents of the least segregated areas were compared. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
First-Ever Porcine Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged First-Ever Porcine Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged
An early rejection required treatment, but the patient in the groundbreaking case is reported to be " doing fine " ; longer-term outcomes are being watched.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
First pig kidney transplant patient goes home
Two weeks ago, surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital for the first time ever transplanted a kidney from a specially genetically modified pig into a living kidney-failure patient, Rick Slayman. Researchers had earlier tested the safety and efficacy of modified pig kidneys in brain-dead…#rickslayman #egenesis #newyorkuniversity #arthurcaplan #cambridgeuniversity #roycalne #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
