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Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig
The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.
Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig
Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig

The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.

The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.

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Pig Hearts Provide Long-Term Cardiac Function in Baboons
Ruth Williams | Dec 5, 2018 | 3 min read
Primates receiving heart transplants from genetically engineered pigs have survived more than six months, a new study reveals.
Pioneering Heart Transplant Program Suspended
Kerry Grens | Jun 4, 2018 | 2 min read
The move by Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center follows an investigative news report detailing surgical errors and poor research practices.
Xenotransplant Record
Tanya Lewis | Apr 6, 2016 | 2 min read
A donor heart from a genetically modified pig survives for more than 2.5 years inside a baboon’s abdomen.
If It Ain't Broke . . .
Kerry Grens | Jan 1, 2016 | 4 min read
Is there room to improve upon the tried-and-true, decades-old technology of artificial hearts?
Hearts in Hand
The Scientist | Dec 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Texas Heart Institute heart surgeon Bud Frazier is a pioneer of heart transplant technologies.
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