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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Pig heart transplanted into dying man in breakthrough operation was infected with virus, report says

University of Maryland School of Medicine

An American man who died two months after receiving the first-ever human heart transplant from a pig may have been the victim of a pig virus infection, a new report said.

David Bennett, 57, died from no clear causes on 8 March at the University of Maryland Medical Centre after his condition began deteriorating several days earlier.

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