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Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart on Sept. 20.
Despite extra precautions, 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette lived less time than the first recipient.
Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical ...
The donor pig had been screened for pathogens multiple times using protocols accepted by the FDA, and the heart had been genetically modified to eliminate the risk of infection and rejection.
Slayman, a supervisor for the state transportation department from Weymouth, Massachusetts, had received a human kidney in 2018.When it began to fail in 2023 and he developed congestive heart failure, his doctors suggested he try one from a modified pig, which he received in a procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital on March 16, 2024.
David Bennett, 57, died on Tuesday. He received a first-of-its-kind heart transplant from a genetically modified pig in January.
Griffith and Mohiuddin performed the first successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig heart to a human on January 7, 2022. [3] The recipient was 57-year-old David Bennett Sr. The procedure occurred at the University of Maryland Medical Center. [4] Due to complications, David Bennett Sr died on March 8, 2022. [5]
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David ...