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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.
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…