First pig-to-human heart transplant performed in the US
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A genetically engineered pig's heart was transplanted to a heart patient in the US state of Maryland. It was stated that the patient's condition was good.
A pig heart was transplanted as a last resort to a 57-year-old heart patient who was dying at a hospital in the US state of Maryland.
In a statement made by the Maryland Hospital, it was stated that the patient was in good condition 3 days after the first and highly experimental surgery.
While it's too soon to know if the surgery actually works, it's said to be "a step forward in the decades-long quest" to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center pointed out that this operation proved that a heart from a genetically modified animal could function in the human body without being immediately rejected.
In the statement, it was quoted that David Bennett, who had the heart transplant, said the day before the surgery, "I know this is a shot in the dark, but this is my last chance."
USED THE HEART OF A GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG
Scientific director of the university's animal-to-human transplant program, Dr. "If this works, there will be an endless supply of these organs for the suffering patients," said Muhammad Mohiuddin.
Noting that previous attempts had failed, Mohiuddin said, "This time, Maryland surgeons used the heart of a gene-edited pig to remove a sugar in its cells that is responsible for extremely rapid organ rejection." said.
In September of 2021, researchers in New York conducted an experiment that suggested such pigs could hold promise for animal-to-human transplants, temporarily implanting a pig's kidney into a deceased human body and observing that it started working.
D., who led this experiment at NYU Langone Health Center. Robert Montgomery noted that the transplant in Maryland took his experiments to the next level. nonstop news
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