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(CNN) — For the second time ever, a pig heart has been transplanted into a living human recipient, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced on Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: A man in the United States is now cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair two days after surgeons transplanted a pig's heart into him in a bid to prolong his life, making him only the second person to undergo the experimental procedure, doctors said on Friday.
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While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at his early response to the genetically modified pig organ.
While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at his early response to the genetically modified pig organ.