Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?
After a series of medical breakthroughs, will these animals solve the global shortage of organs? Source link
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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