Findings of World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient Published
Image: Xenotransplantation Media Resources from Tom Jemski UMSOM Public Affairs Six months ago, a team of University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon-scientists successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease in a first-of-its-kind surgery. It was considered an early success because the patient lived for two months …
