A pig virus may have contributed to the death of first pig heart transplant patient - The Verge

The first patient receiving a heart transplant with a pig heart might have died because the heart was infected with a virus, not because his body rejected the organ. The heart was supposed to be virus-free.

The infection was preventable Photo by Gary John Norman via Getty Images A preventable infection by a porcine virus might have contributed to the death of the first patient to have a heart transpla… [+1438 chars]

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