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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/in-a-first-u-s-surgeons-transplant-a-genetically-modified-pig-heart-into-a-human-patient/
- Published: 2022-01-15T09:30:43-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. CC BY 4.0. Article by Carla K. Johnson. 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, […] Click here to view original web page at www.pbs.org