NEW YORK -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump ...
Like many patients who are pioneers in breakthrough medical therapies, 6-year-old Anna Grudziecke didn't live to see the full potential of the revolutionary heart pump implanted in her tiny body. With ...
A 54-year-old woman from New Jersey became the first patient to undergo a combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant, according to a medical center in New York. NYU Langone Health on ...