Medical first: US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
Medical first: US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
The patient knew there was no guarantee the experimental surgery would work, but he was dying and willing to try (Picture: University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
In a medical first, US surgeons transplanted a pig heart into a human patient, and say he is doing well three days after the extremely experimental operation.
A 57-year-old man with a life-threatening heart condition received…
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