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In first-of-its-kind, US doctors transplant pig heart into human patient

The patient is doing well three days after the successful surgery

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This handout photo released by the University of Maryland School of Medicine on January 10, 2022 shows surgeons performing a transplant of a heart from a genetically modified pig to patient David Bennett. Pic/AFP

This handout photo released by the University of Maryland School of Medicine on January 10, 2022 shows surgeons performing a transplant of a heart from a genetically modified pig to patient David Bennett. Pic/AFP

In first-of-its-kind transplant surgery, a 57-year-old Maryland man with terminal heart disease has received a genetically modified pig heart.

The patient is doing well three days after the successful surgery.

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