RIP: Pig heart transplant patient, Lawrence Faucette dies [watch]
Lawrence Faucette (58) is the second person to ever get a pig heart transplant. He recently died six weeks after the surgery.
Source: thesouthafrican.com
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Second Pig Heart Recipient Dies
Laurence Faucette lived for 6 weeks after the transplant of a genetically modified pig heart and did well until a few days before his death.
Source: medscape.com
UMMC Issues Statement on Passing of Man Who Received Second Pig Heart Transplant, Mourns Loss of Remarkable Patient, Scientist, Navy Veteran
The University of Maryland Medical Center released a statement on the Oct. 30 passing of Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease who received the world’s second genetically-modified pig heart transplant Sept. 20 in a landmark cardiac xenotransplantation procedure.
Source: dicardiology.com
Second Person to Get Pig Heart Transplant Dies Weeks After Surgery
While the 58-year-old patient first showed signs of "significant progress" following surgery, he ultimately died about six weeks after the procedure.
Source: complex.com
Second Maryland Man to Receive an Altered Pig's Heart Has Died
Researchers said they found signs of organ rejection, which the genetically modified tissue was supposed to prevent.
Source: nytimes.com