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

Lawrence Faucette, who had terminal heart disease, received a pig heart genetically altered to be compatible with humans

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2023

Second pig heart recipient dies

Despite the experimental procedure's promising early results, the world's second xenotransplant recipient has died

Salon · Nov 1, 2023

Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

The same Maryland team last year performed the world’s first transplant of a genetically modified pig heart into another dying man, David Bennett, who survived just two months.

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2023