Man receives genetically modified pig heart in world first transplant
Telegraph, 11 Jan 2022
Doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a human patient in a medical first that could offer hope to huge numbers of people with failing organs.
The groundbreaking procedure, which involved a heart from a genetically modified pig, marked a leap forward in the decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Dr Bartley Griffith, who performed the eight-hour surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on Friday, said the pig heart appeared to be working.
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The groundbreaking procedure, which involved a heart from a genetically modified pig, marked a leap forward in the decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Dr Bartley Griffith, who performed the eight-hour surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on Friday, said the pig heart appeared to be working.
Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/01/10/man-receives-pig-heart-worlds-first-successful-transplant/
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