Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant - Deccan Herald


5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by AP

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harboured an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man's death. A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr., d…

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