Man who got first pig heart transplant died because it contained an animal virus As per the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s most recent report referring transplant professional, David Bennett Sr., the world’s most memorable recipient of a hereditarily modified pig heart, may have passed on from ‘a porcine infection contained in the pig’s heart. In … Read more
WASHINGTON: According to the hospital that performed the surgery, the first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically engineered pig died two months after the medical milestone. The surgery sparked hope that breakthroughs in cross-species organ donation will one day alleviate the chronic lack of human organs available for donation, and the team … Read more
For the first time in medical history, a team of doctors in the United States has successfully implanted a pig’s heart into a human being. Dr Mansoor Mohiuddin, a Pakistani-American physician, played a key role in this remarkable breakthrough. David Bennett, a 57-year-old heart patient, was first judged ineligible for a regular human heart transplant … Read more
