The man with the heart of a pig died a few months after the revolutionary operation
The University of Maryland Medical Center reported March 9 that a 57-year-old Maryland man who received a genetically engineered pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant operation has died, CNN reported. According to the medical center, David Bennet died on March 8 ...
Doctors in the USA transplanted a pig's heart into a human: this is the first such transplant in history
The Maryland resident has been living with a pig's heart beating in his chest since January 7, USAToday reports. The operation, performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center, marks the first use of a gene-edited pig as an organ donor. Dave Bennett, 57, agreed first ...