to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. doctors have described it as a breakthrough that could make the use of animal organs in human transplants routine. this report from our north america correspondent david willis, contains images of the surgery. inside the box was the heart of a 240 lb pig. genetically engineered to survive inside a human body. but the question was, would the transplant work? after toiling for nearly nine hours, surgeons at the university of maryland medical centre removed the clamp restricting blood to the new organ and declared that it had. the pigs heart was pumping away, keeping alive a patient for whom all other options had run out. on the operating table was 57 year old dave bennett, pictured here with his son and daughter. when doctors first proposed a pig s heart transplant, he thought they were joking, but four days on, he s said to be doing well and his doctors sound
was at that drinks party, you can get in touch with me on twitter. a us man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. doctors have described it as a breakthrough that could make the use of animal organs in human transplants routine. this report from our north america correspondent david willis, contains images of the surgery. inside the box was the heart of the pig- inside the box was the heart of the pig. with the transplant work? after toiling for nine hours, surgeons at the university of maryland medical centre removed the clamp restricting blood to the new organ and declared that it had. the pig heart was pumping away, keeping alive a