The second global case of a pig heart transplant patient who did not experience rejection at the full month of surgery and is currently recovering mobility
The second genetically modified pig heart transplant patient in the world, carried out by the UMMC team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the United States, showed no signs of rejection in the body after one month of surgery.Last month, UMMC performed a pig heart transplant for Lawrence Faucete, a 58 year old patient with end-stage heart failure...
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Is there still hope for xenotransplantation after the death of the world's first pig heart transplant patient?
In January 2022, David Bennett, a 57 year old patient with advanced heart disease, received a pig heart with gene editing, becoming the first patient to receive pig Heart transplantation in human history. Unfortunately, Bennett passed away two months after surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in the United States, and the cause of death was not announced at that time...
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