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One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection (www.cnn.com)

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One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection::One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows no signs of rejection.

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[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The last guy died after 2 months and didn't show any signs of rejection either.. I wouldn't break out the party yet.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because he happened to get a verry treatable infection but was already immunocompromised. The pig heart was never the issue

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's true, but he may very well have died due to a virus the tissue was infected with. There's no sign this heart has the same issue.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The other guy refused to take his medication properly and was warned that he would otherwise die