Doctors transplant a pig heart into a human in worlds first operation
Amit Kumar Jha
12/01/2022 19:03 IST
US doctors have transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a patient who was ineligible for a human heart. It could solve the chronic shortage of organ donations
In a medical first, Doctors in Baltimore have transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a patient ineligible for a human transplant. David Bennett, 57, is the first human to receive a pig heart as an organ transplant
Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center say the transplant showed that a heart from a genetically modified animal can function in the human body without immediate rejection
David Bennett, 57, was dying and ineligible for a human heart donation. 'I want to live. I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice,' he said. Surgeons transplanted the pig heart on Friday and Bennet is doing well. The surgeon who performed the operation said it was a 'memorable' and 'pretty strange' conversation with Bennett.
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