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In a medical first, a man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart
By Katherine Dillinger, CNN 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 said in a news release Monday. David Bennett had terminal heart disease, and the pig heart was “the only currently available option,” according to the release.
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