First pig heart transplant patient died possibly due to porcine virus infection - CNBCTV18

The patient David Bennett, a handyman, underwent the highly experimental surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Centre after he suffered heart failure. In a last ditch effort to save his life, surgeons in the Maryland hospital transplanted a geneticall…

A 57-year-old man, who had received a genetically modified pig heart in an experimental heart surgery in January, died of a pig virus, his transplant surgeon said recently. David Bennett, a handyman… [+1906 chars]

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