Organ transplants might hold answers to ‘fountain of youth’, scientists say Older hearts placed into younger recipients showed clear signs of biological rejuvenation The Independent UK · Sep 29
Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024
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
Animal virus found in pig heart used in human transplant A Maryland man, 57-year-old David Bennett Sr., died in March, two months after the groundbreaking experimental transplant The Independent UK · May 8, 2022
Man who received landmark pig heart transplant may have died of pig virus Surgeon of David Bennett, who died two months after surgery, revealed that the pig’s heart was infected with porcine virus The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022
Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant (old) Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a pig heart transplant have found the organ harbored an animal virus The Independent UK · May 5, 2022
Pig heart transplanted into dying man in breakthrough operation was infected with virus, report says Scientists say there is ‘definite concern’ of porcine pathogens causing disease during such transplantation The Independent UK · May 5, 2022
World's first pig heart transplant patient dies two months after historic operation Dave Bennett died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore but no obvious cause of death has been identified Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2022