SCI-MED: WASHINGTON, United States – US man recovering after ‘breakthrough’ pig-heart transplant
Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Chicago, United States ● Wed, January 12 2022
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A man in the United States with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday.
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The surgery, performed by a team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant, a field made possible by new gene editing tools.
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If proven successful, scientists hope pig organs could help alleviate shortages of donor organs.
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