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A Maryland man is dead after getting the second pig heart transplant in history.

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died.

Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical Center, where the experimental procedure had been performed, said the heart began to show signs of rejection in recent days.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died.

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The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died.

Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical Center, where the experimental procedure had been performed, said the heart began to show signs of rejection in recent days.

Maryland doctors say the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died.