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Dead after 2 months: Terminally ill heart patient who got genetically modified pig’s heart in first-of-its-kind transplant

Posted on January 14, 2022 by weehingthong

.. The gene-edited pig heart given to a dying patient in January was infected with a pig virus. That means the 1st transplant of a genetically-modified porcine heart into a human may have ended prematurely because of a well-known—and avoidable—risk … Continue reading →

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