First-ever heart transplant from gene-edited pig offers hope for thousands in need of organs

[excalibur]

It will be interesting to follow this case.

A Maryland man has lived for three days with a pig heart beating inside his chest.

The surgery, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, marks the first time a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor.

Dave Bennett, 57, agreed to be the first to risk the experimental surgery, hoping it would give him a shot at making it home to his Maryland duplex and his beloved dog, Lucky.

“This is nothing short of a miracle,” his son David said Sunday, two days after his father's life-extending surgery. “That’s what my dad needed, and that’s what I feel like he got.”

In the nine-hour surgery, doctors replaced his heart with one from a 1-year-old, 240-pound pig gene-edited and bred specifically for this purpose.

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First-ever pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in need of organs

The breakthrough by doctors at the University of Maryland offers hope for those who languish on organ transplant waitlists.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Ringel05]

It will be interesting to follow this case.

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A Maryland man has lived for three days with a pig heart beating inside his chest.​

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The surgery, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, marks the first time a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor.​

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Dave Bennett, 57, agreed to be the first to risk the experimental surgery, hoping it would give him a shot at making it home to his Maryland duplex and his beloved dog, Lucky. ​

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“This is nothing short of a miracle,” his son David said Sunday, two days after his father's life-extending surgery. “That’s what my dad needed, and that’s what I feel like he got.”​

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In the nine-hour surgery, doctors replaced his heart with one from a 1-year-old, 240-pound pig gene-edited and bred specifically for this purpose.​

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First-ever pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in need of organs

The breakthrough by doctors at the University of Maryland offers hope for those who languish on organ transplant waitlists.

www.usatoday.com

Hey, if the only side affects are growing a snout, ears, curly tail and developing a "healthy" appetite I say go for it!!!

Just kidding.......

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Amazing. I guess the organs of animals are no different compared to what we humans are born with.

God bless you and the man always!!!

Holly

 

[sparky]

1-year-old, 240-pound pig gene-edited and bred specifically

i wonder about this ^^^^

~S~

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

A new heart for one guy, ham for everybody else! Win / win, I say.

 

[martybegan]

It will be interesting to follow this case.

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A Maryland man has lived for three days with a pig heart beating inside his chest.​

​

The surgery, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, marks the first time a gene-edited pig has been used as an organ donor.​

​

Dave Bennett, 57, agreed to be the first to risk the experimental surgery, hoping it would give him a shot at making it home to his Maryland duplex and his beloved dog, Lucky. ​

​

“This is nothing short of a miracle,” his son David said Sunday, two days after his father's life-extending surgery. “That’s what my dad needed, and that’s what I feel like he got.”​

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In the nine-hour surgery, doctors replaced his heart with one from a 1-year-old, 240-pound pig gene-edited and bred specifically for this purpose.​

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First-ever pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in need of organs

The breakthrough by doctors at the University of Maryland offers hope for those who languish on organ transplant waitlists.

www.usatoday.com

Amazing how science is progressing. The one thing I see is PETA is going to go absolutely apeshit over this.

 

[martybegan]

A new heart for one guy, ham for everybody else! Win / win, I say.

I wonder what "bio-engineered to be more like a human" ham tastes like.

Chicken?

 

[john doe 101]

Amazing. I guess the organs of animals are no different compared to what we humans are born with.

God bless you and the man always!!!

Holly

We developed from monkeys after all.

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

I wonder what "bio-engineered to be more like a human" ham tastes like.

Chicken?

Doesn't everything taste like chicken?

 

[martybegan]

Doesn't everything taste like chicken?

Except Chicken.