A 57-year-old Maryland man is doing well three days after receiving a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, University of Maryland Medicine says
David Bennett had terminal heart disease, and the pig heart was"the only currently available option," according to the release. Bennett was deemed ineligible for a conventional heart transplant or an artificial heart pump after reviews of his medical records."It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it's a shot in the dark, but it's my last choice," Bennett said before the surgery, according to the release.
Art Caplan, a professor of bioethics at New York University, said he was a little apprehensive when he heard the news of Bennett's transplant."I hope they've got the data to back up trying this now, based on their animal studies," he said.The United States has a"terrible" shortage of organs for transplants, he said. He believes engineering animal parts is a solution."The question is, can we get there with minimal harm to the first volunteers?" he asked.
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