For the first time in medical history!Dying patient successfully receives genetically modified pig heart transplant
(Annapolis 11th comprehensive report) The first time in medical history! Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have successfully transplanted the heart of a genetically modified pig into a man in a last-ditch effort to save the patient from a life-threatening heart condition. This is the world‘s first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human. The patient was doing well 3 days postoperatively.
According to reports from the Associated Press, USA Today and other media, the recipient of the organ transplant was 57-year-old Bennett. The “donor” heart is a 1-year-old, 240-pound pig that has been genetically modified and fed for the purpose of organ transplantation.
It’s too early to tell whether the surgery will actually work, but the surgery marks a step forward in a decades-long effort to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants, saving hundreds of thousands of organs There is hope for exhausted patients.
The transplants show that the hearts of genetically modified animals can function in humans without immediate rejection, doctors said.
Bennett knew the experimental surgery was not guaranteed to work, but a heart transplant was the last hope to save his life. The day before the operation, Bennett said: “Death or a transplant. This is my last option.” Before the operation, he had been bedridden for 6 weeks and was in a terminal stage of heart disease. He said, “I look forward to getting out of bed when I recover. action”.
The operation lasted 9 hours. After surgery, Bennett can fund breathing without a ventilator, but still requires extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to replace part of the heart’s pumping function. Doctors plan to gradually reduce his dependence on ECMO.
Animal organ transplantation is a difficult problem that scientists have been trying to overcome, and pig organs are one of the closest to humans.
For the medical team in charge of the surgery, the operation marks the culmination of years of research that could change the lives of many people around the world. The surgery will bring the world “one step closer to solving the organ shortage crisis,” the University of Maryland School of Medicine said in a press release. Data shows that 17 people die every day in the U.S. while waiting for an organ transplant, with more than 100,000 people on the waiting list.