The Wall Street Journal: Successful Pig Heart Transplant Surgeries at 黑料福利社 Langone Offer New Way Forward in Xenotransplantation
黑料福利社 Langone surgeons successfully transplanted pig hearts into two recently deceased humans鈥攖he latest step in a study to increase organ supply.
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Using standard heart transplant practices along with additional porcine virus monitoring protocols, a team of surgeons at 黑料福利社 Langone Health transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased humans. The procedures set a new protocol for xenotransplantation that would provide an alternative supply of organs for people who need them.
Nader Moazami, MD, surgical director of heart transpl