Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have successfully transplanted the heart of a genetically engineered pig into a human, writes The New York Times.
It is noted that the 57- year-old recipient suffered from life-threatening heart disease.
“This is the first successful human pig heart transplant.” The eight-hour operation was performed in Baltimore on Friday and the patient was doing well on Monday, according to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Depending on the material.
Previously, American surgeons performed an operation to transplant a cultured kidney into the body of a genetically modified pig. & nbsp;
The organ was not rejected due to a special genetic modification of the tissues. The source noted that the operation was performed on a patient diagnosed with brain death who was connected to a life support device. & Nbsp;