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'Historic': US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart In Human
Dais Newsfeed | 11/01/2022 08:51 AM | Click to read full article
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for the surgery on New Year's Eve, as a last-ditch effort for a patient who was unsuitable for a conventional transplant.
