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It is the second such procedure performed by the surgeons, the first patient, David Bennett, 57, died two months after his transplant, but the pig heart functioned well
Surgeons have transplanted a pig's heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second pa...
The heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a man with heart disease, the second such surgery of its kind
The 58-year-old Navy veteran was facing near-certain death from heart failure but other health problems meant he wasn’t eligible for a traditional heart transplant.
While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at his early response to the genetically modified pig organ.