1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
In a first-of-its-kind surgery, UMMC and University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty have transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart to a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease. This historic, breakthrough surgery brings us one step closer to solving the organ shortage crisis. click on link down below to read the full story.
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