Lisa Pisano, a Navy veteran who was the first-ever recipient of a combined heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant, died Sunday. She was 54.
Her death was announced Tuesday by transplant doctors at NYU Langone Health.
Lisa Pisano, seen here after receiving the first-ever combined heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant, has died. AP Photo/Shelby Lum
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