The transplantation of the heart of a genetically modified pig to a human, which was performed by American surgeons on 57-year-old David Bennett, is important for the United States and the world, the operation was a miracle. This was stated by the son of the recipient David Bennett Jr. Reuters.
“This is important for my father, for the United States, for the whole world <...> This is a breakthrough, this is wonderful and, frankly, this is a miracle,” he said.
Bennett Jr. added that he himself, at the age of 37, has heart problems, and what happened “changes the future” for him.
Doctors in the USA successfully transplant a pig’s heart into a human
The operation was carried out in Baltimore, it lasted eight hours. Doctors assessed the patient’s condition as good, he is still connected to a heart-lung machine, but the transplanted organ is already doing a significant part of the work. The first two days after the transplant also passed without incident, the doctors said.
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