A US citizen, David Bennett, has lived for 3 days through the heart of a pig. Bennett, who has terminal heart disease, had a breakthrough pig heart transplant, the first-of-a-kind surgery, his doctors reported. The surgery was performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine in the United States. It is one of…
The surgery was performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine in the United States. It is one of the first surgery to confirm the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant, made possible by new gene-editing tools. If successful, surgeons hope the genetic modifications will help Benette’s body accept the organ and that pig organ could help ease shortages of donor organs.
To commence with the experimental surgery, the university received emergency authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration on New Year’s Eve through its compassionate use programme.“The FDA used our data and data on the experimental pig to authorise the transplant in an end-stage heart disease patient who had no other treatment options,” said Dr Muhammad Mohiuddin, who heads the University’s programme on xenotransplantation – transplanting animal organs into humans.
Bennett’s genetically modified pig heart was provided by Revivicor, a regenerative medicine company based in Virginia. On the morning of the surgery, the transplant team removed the pig’s heart placing it into a special device to preserve its function until the surgery.
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