in an extraordinary first for medical science, doctors in america have transplanted a genetically modified pig s heart into a human patient, in a final attempt to save his life. the man is said to be doing well three days after the experimental surgery. success could lead to the routine use of animal organs in human transplants. this report from our north america correspondent, david willis, contains pictures of the operation. 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
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 the pigs heart transplant, he thought they were joking, but four days on, he s said to be doing well and his doctors sound increasingly optimistic. we ve never done this in a human. and i like to think that we have given him a better option than what continuing his therapy would have been. but whether it s a day, week, month, year, i don t know. advances in gene editing and cloning techniques have proved a game changer as far as this sort of surgery is concerned. and in a country in which more than 100,000 people are currently
in an extraordinary first for medical science, doctors in america have transplanted a genetically modified pig s heart into a human patient, in a final attempt to save his life. the man is said to be doing well, three days after the experimental surgery. success could lead to the routine use of animal organs in human transplants. this report from our north america correspondent, david willis, contains pictures of the operation. inside the box was the heart of a 240lb 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 center 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.
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