World Desk, AnyTV, Washington
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:23 PM IST
Summary
On January 7, 2022, doctors at the University of Maryland Medicine, USA, transplanted a pig’s heart into the body of David Bennett of Maryland.
The man in America whose body was put in a pig’s heart two months ago has died. This news has come out quoting AFP. Two months ago, for the first time in the world, a pig’s heart was implanted inside a human. This feat was done by the American doctors who had extradited the pig’s heart in the body of 57-year-old David Bennett.
This was considered a historic step in the medical world and was considered a step to give new hope to the world struggling with the shortage of organ transplants. But after this incident, the hopes have started to look bleak. Hundreds of people die every day around the world due to lack of organ transplants.
On January 7, 2022, doctors at the University of Maryland Medicine, USA, transplanted a pig’s heart into the body of David Bennett of Maryland. This was the first time in the world that a pig’s heart was transplanted into a human. Although pig heart valves have been used to replace human valves in the past, this was the first time a pig’s heart was transplanted.
Expansion
The man in America whose body was put in a pig’s heart two months ago has died. This news has come out quoting AFP. Two months ago, for the first time in the world, a pig’s heart was implanted inside a human. This feat was done by the doctors of America, who extradited the heart of a pig in the body of 57-year-old David Bennett.
This was considered a historic step in the medical world and was considered a step to give new hope to the world struggling with the shortage of organ transplants. But after this incident, the hopes have started to look bleak. Hundreds of people die every day around the world due to lack of organ transplants.
On January 7, 2022, doctors at the University of Maryland Medicine, USA, transplanted a pig’s heart into the body of David Bennett of Maryland. This was the first time in the world that a pig’s heart was transplanted into a human. Although pig heart valves have been used to replace human valves in the past, this was the first time a pig’s heart was transplanted.