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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Aliya Uteuova

World’s second human recipient of pig heart dies six weeks after operation

Lawrence Faucette with his wife, Ann, in September  before receiving a pig heart transplant.
Lawrence Faucette with his wife, Ann, in September before receiving a pig heart transplant. Photograph: Mark Teske/AP

The world’s second recipient of a pig heart transplant died this week, nearly six weeks after the procedure.

Lawrence Faucette, 58, was suffering from terminal heart disease and received a heart transplant from a genetically altered pig on 20 September. He died on 30 October.

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