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  1. Medical Milestone: Grandma Receives First Pig Kidney Transplant Combined with Mechanical Heart

    Americas Medical Milestone: Grandma Receives First Pig Kidney Transplant Combined with Mechanical Heart

    A 54-year-old grandmother, Lisa Pisano, has become the first recipient of a groundbreaking medical procedure involving a combined pig kidney and mechanical heart transplant. Suffering from end-stage kidney disease and heart failure, Pisano's health conditions presented significant challenges...
  2. US Surgeons Make History with First-Ever Whole Eye Transplant

    Americas US Surgeons Make History with First-Ever Whole Eye Transplant

    Image Credit: Daniel Boczar In a groundbreaking medical feat, a team of surgeons in New York, United States, has successfully conducted the first-ever whole eye transplant on a human. The recipient, Aaron James, a 46-year-old who survived a severe work-related...
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