First person to receive heart transplant from pig dies, says Maryland hospital
by Erum Salam and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#5WXW5)
- David Bennett dies two months after groundbreaking surgery
- His condition began deteriorating several days earlier
Two months after a pioneering operation, the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, the US hospital that performed the surgery announced on Wednesday.
A handyman by trade, David Bennett, 57, had undergone the experimental procedure in Baltimore, Maryland, after suffering from heart failure and being out of other options.
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