United States: David Bennett, 57-Year-Old Patient with Terminal Heart Disease, Receives Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart

In first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, a 57-year-old Maryland man, David Bennett, with terminal heart disease has received a genetically modified pig heart.The patient is doing well three days after the successful surgery, said University of Maryland Medical Centre.

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In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well three days later: University of Maryland Medical Center

— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2022

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