Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies aged 62
The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman’s death was not a result of the transplant. Source link
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Pig kidney transplant patient leaves hospital
The procedure was hailed as a historic step as doctors tackle a widespread organ donor shortage. Source link
Man ‘recovering well’ after pig kidney transplant
Surgeons say using animals for organ donation could cut waiting lists and save lives. Source link
Pig organs partially revived hour after death
Study could transform access to organs for transplant by reversing some of the damage caused after death. Source link
Man Who Received First Modified Pig Heart Transplant Dies
March 9, 2022 — David Bennett Sr., the 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died. Bennett passed away Tuesday, according to a statement from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, where the transplant was performed. Bennett received the transplant on … Read more
Man given genetically modified pig heart dies
The man died two months after operation, says the hospital that carried out the world-first surgery. Source link
I thought Dad’s pig heart transplant was delirium
A US man, who has become the first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig, is “doing extremely well” after the procedure, according to his son. David Bennett, 57, underwent the experimental seven-hour procedure as a “last choice”, after being deemed ineligible for a human transplant. Speaking outside the … Read more
Three ethical issues around pig heart transplants
Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, the country’s central authority for issuing religious rulings, has said in a fatwa that pig heart valves are allowed if “there is fear for the patient’s life, the loss of one of his organs, exacerbation or continuation of the disease or an overwhelming deterioration of the body”. Source link
Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant
David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental surgery, doctors say. Source link
Pig heart transplant a game-changer, say surgeons
Surgeons at the University of Maryland in the US have successfully completed the world’s first pig to human heart transplant. Muhammad Mohiuddin, who co-founded the university’s xenotransplantation programme, said that the heart is beating very well and beyond expectations. David Bennett, 57, who received the pig heart in a seven-hour experimental operation, had been deemed … Read more