Injecting infarcted pig hearts with specially bioengineered cells significantly decreased the infarct area and improved heart ...

A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure ...

The first pig to human heart transplant was carried out in Baltimore A US man has become the world's first person to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. 57-year-old David ...

US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.

New research shows the gene therapy didn’t just prevent heart failure from worsening in four lab pigs, but actually prompted hearts to repair and grow stronger. “Even though the animals are ...

The 57-year-old patient with a terminal heart condition, who became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died Tuesday, the University of Maryland Medical Center in the ...

For the first time, a man has received a heart from a genetically altered pig. A 57-year-old man with a life-threatening heart condition has received a new heart from a genetically altered pig.

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig has died two months after the medical milestone, the hospital that carried out the surgery said Wednesday.