The patient is doing well. 🐖 engineering
Over six weeks ago, 57-year-old, David Bennet was admitted at the University of Maryland Medical Center with life-threatening arrhythmia - a condition where the heart beats irregularly.
Virginia-based Revivicor has been experimenting with genetically modified pigs so that their bodies do not produce a sugar called, alpha galactose - which since is not produced by the human body is a telltale sign of a foreign body for the immune system. In October last year, the company trialed kidneys from suchto verify if it could be used as a transplanted organ. The company collaborated with the University of Maryland to develop compatible hearts.
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