Date
- 7th Jan 2022
- Expired!
Time
- ...
3 Years ago
World’s first heart transplant from a Pig to a Human-being was performed.
On January 7th 2022, in Baltimore, USA, the XenoHeart team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) led by Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin and Dr. Bartley Griffith performed the world’s first successful pig‐to‐human cardiac xenotransplant. The recipient Mr Bennett, a 57years old male on veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) with end stage nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM), received a pig heart with 10 gene modifications.