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In a first, U.S. surgeons transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human patient

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L0000339 Heart illustration, 18th century Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Heart illustrations, 18th century, showing heart in various stages of dissection. Engraving circa 1685 after: Gerard de LairesseThe anatomy of humane bodies Cowper, William Published: 1737 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Image via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0. Article b. PBS – January 10, 2022.

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he’s doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery. While it’s too soon to know if the operation really will work, […]