Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Walters: Pig heart transplant patient continues to survive, begins physical therapy

 https://www.floridatoday.com/story/life/wellness/2022/02/08/pig-heart-transplant-patient-surviving-begins-physical-therapy/9289510002/


On Jan. 7, doctors transplanted the heart from a genetically modified pig into the chest of a man from Maryland in a last-ditch effort to save his life. The first-of-its-kind surgery is being hailed as a major step forward in the decades-long effort to successfully transplant animal organs into humans.