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Scientists Are Transplanting Pig Organs Into Brain Dead People

Recent experiments in the lengthy quest to save human lives using animal organs have resulted in the transplantation of pig hearts into two brain dead persons by researchers in New York. Following a groundbreaking but ultimately unsuccessful effort earlier this…

July 13, 2022 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The First Transplant of a 3-D Printed Body Part Was Successfully Performed

A company in Queens has managed to transplant a 3-D printed ear to a 20-year-old patient. The beneficiary was a woman who was born with a deformed right ear. The technology was tested for the first time on a human,…

June 2, 2022 · by Irina Aurelia Tit · 0

Person Who Received Pig Heart Through Transplant Passes Away Months Later

A heart transplant from January granted a lot of hope for people that we could use more organs from animals. A man named David Bennet Sr., and being 57 years old, was given an experimental pig heart as a transplant…

March 10, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Patient Feels Well After Undergoing Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant

A patient from the US is currently doing well after he underwent an unprecedented surgery. His name is David Bennett, a 57-year old man from Maryland. He was suffering from terminal heart disease, and therefore he was given a pig…

January 11, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Human Receives Pig Kidney Transplant

A pig kidney was first transferred to a human being without rapid refusal by the receiver’s immune response, which might possibly aid to ease a serious scarcity of human transplantable organs. The NYU Langone Health technique in New York included the utilization…

October 20, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Human Organs Can Be Grown In Sheep

For the first time in history, the scientists were able to grow a human organ in a sheep. This remarkable discovery can be very helpful for patients who are long-waiting for a transplant. However, the idea of growing a human…

February 18, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0