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Lawrence Faucette was facing near-certain death from heart failure before the operation in Maryland.
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Lawrence Faucette was facing near-certain death from heart failure before the operation in Maryland.
Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig's heart into a 58-year-old Navy veteran who faced near-death from heart failure and was ineligible for a traditional heart transplant.
The pig heart, provided by Blacksburg, Virginia-based Revivicor, has 10 genetic modifications – knocking out some pig genes and adding some human ones to make it more acceptable to the human immune system.
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life
This week, Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a transplanted pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center after being deemed ineligible for a human heart transplant due to a condition.