David Bennett
Medicine
First Person to Receive a Pig Heart Transplant has Died
David Bennett Sr., the first man to receive a heart transplant from a pig, passed away just two months after the historic procedure on Tuesday. He was 57 years old.
Bennett received the historic transplant, which used a genetically modified...
Health
U.S. Surgeons Perform First Ever Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant
US surgeons have successfully transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a human, the University of Maryland Medical School announced in a statement on Monday.
The historic procedure, which took place last Friday, represents a major milestone for animal...