The University of Maryland School of Medicine (USA) reported this Monday that it managed to transplant a genetically modified pig heart to a 57-year-old man in a surgery that it described as “historic.”
David Bennet, 57 years old and resident of Maryland, underwent surgery three days ago at the University’s Medical Center after suffering an arrhythmia and is under medical surveillance in good health.
According to the institution, a pig heart transplant “was the only option available to the patient,” since several hospitals had ruled out the possibility of performing a conventional transplant.
A pig heart is successfully transplanted into a human body for the first time | THE COUNTRY
