It's been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig – and a hospital video released Friday shows he's working hard to recover.
Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered him the highly experimental surgery.In the first glimpse of Faucette provided since the Sept. 20 transplant, hospital video shows physical therapist Chris Wells urging him to push through a pedaling exercise to regain his strength.
Now scientists are trying again using pigs genetically modified to make their organs more humanlike.In Friday's hospital video, Faucette's doctors said the pig's heart has shown no sign of rejection.'His heart is doing everything on its own,' said Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, the Maryland team's cardiac xenotransplantation chief.A hospital spokeswoman said Faucette has been able to stand and physical therapists are helping him gain the strength needed to attempt walking.
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