The surgery, performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine, is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant, a field made possible by new gene editing tools. | via Reuters
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A ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ PIG-HEART TRANSPLANT
LOOK: David Bennett, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease, was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later he is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday. | 
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If proven successful, scientists hope pig organs could help alleviate shortages of donor organs. "It was either die or do this transplant. I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice,” Bennett said a day before his surgery. | via Reuters
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About 110,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die each year before getting one, according to http://organdonor.gov . | via Reuters
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Amazing how roast pig can damage your heart but a live one can save you.
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TRULY A MAGNIFICENT MARVELOUS DEEDS OF MAN BY GOD ALMIGHTY!!!!
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First it was a pig-kidney transplant, now a pig-heart. Can a pig transplant person susceptible to an african swine fever disease?
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Finalky someone who asked this question! Haha i was waiting for this!
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Not halal.
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