One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection | CNN
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One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows no signs of rejection.

One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or infection::One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows no signs of rejection.

  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
    26·
    9 months ago

    The last guy died after 2 months and didn’t show any signs of rejection either… I wouldn’t break out the party yet.

    • candyman337@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      9 months ago

      That’s because he happened to get a verry treatable infection but was already immunocompromised. The pig heart was never the issue

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      That’s true, but he may very well have died due to a virus the tissue was infected with. There’s no sign this heart has the same issue.

    • flooppoolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      The other guy refused to take his medication properly and was warned that he would otherwise die