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After a 57-year-old man died weeks after receiving a heart transplant from a pig, researchers have discovered the organ harboured an animal virus.

A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr, died in March, two months after the groundbreaking experimental transplant. 

A pig virus may have contributed to the death of a man who was the first person to have received a heart transplant from a pig, though the evidence is inconclusive, researchers say.

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man’s death.

Researchers said they could not yet determine if the virus played a role in the man's death.

Surgeon who performed procedure on American patient reveals that infected organ may have contributed to his death

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Virus detected in pig heart used in human transplant - A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr, died in March, two months after the groundbreaking experimental transplant.

FRIDAY, May 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An investigation into the death of the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has discovered that the organ had

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harboured an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the mans death.