One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection
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One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection::One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows no signs of rejection.
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Pig to pig heart transplants are already possible. This was the first time it being transplanted to a human!
The first one was done in Jan 2022. The patient, David Bennet, survived for 2 months.
Whoooaaaah, we're halfway theeere...