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UM Medicine Faculty-Scientists Perform Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient with End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease

Earlier this month, in Baltimore City, a 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease became the second patient in the world to receive a historic transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart. He is recovering and communicating with his loved ones.  “We are continuing to pursue the pathway to clinical trials by providing important new data on […]