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This year, the University of Maryland School of Medicine , which performed the surgery on Bennett, performed its second transplant on a 58-year-old man on September 20. According to UMSOM, it was the second time in the world that a genetically modified pig heart had been transplanted into a living patient.
Immediately after the surgery, a medical statement by doctors at UMSOM said that Faucette was able to breathe on his own and his heart functioning satisfactorily without any assistance from supportive equipment.now shows Faucette doing a pedaling exercise while seated, meant to improve his strength. "His heart is doing everything on its own,” said Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, the UMSOM team's cardiac xenotransplantation chief, in the video.
The first xenotransplantation was attempted in the 1980s. A baboon's heart was transplanted into a baby with a serious cardiac condition. However, the newborn's immune system rejected the donated organ, which caused her death a month later.
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