What is it about?
Transplantation of pig heart in a human. A pig was genetically modified to prevent rejection
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Why is it important?
This is the first experiment performed on end-stage cardiac failure patients who did not have any other treatment options.
Perspectives
Demonstrate that pig organs can be transplanted into humans, providing an opportunity to receive an organ for patients waiting for transplantation.
Dr Avneesh K Singh
University of Maryland Baltimore
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This page is a summary of: The road to the first FDA‐approved genetically engineered pig heart transplantation into human, Xenotransplantation, September 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/xen.12776.
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