hello and welcome. a us man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. doctors at the university of maryland medical center were granted a special dispensation by the us medical regulator to carry out the procedure and hope the surgery will be a game changer in solving the organ shortage crisis. tanya dendrinos reports. and a warning: some of these images are graphic. precious cargo being wheeled into the operating theatre but this was no ordinary transplant. this donor heart belongs to a genetically modified pig. it belongs to a genetically modified pig. belongs to a genetically modified m. . , ., , modified pig. it had previous surue modified pig. it had previous surgery so modified pig. it had previous surgery so it modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a - modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a while - modified pig. it had previous surger