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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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[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pig to pig heart transplants are already possible. This was the first time it being transplanted to a human!

[–] mcesh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The first one was done in Jan 2022. The patient, David Bennet, survived for 2 months.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Whoooaaaah, we're halfway theeere...