Tag: Pig Heart Transplant

1st pig heart transplant recipient died of heart failure, not rejection
1st pig heart transplant recipient died of heart failure, not rejection

The heart was also found to contain evidence of DNA from a latent pig virus called porcine cytomegalovirus (pCMV) through highly sensitive testing that was first detected several weeks after the surgery and was later confirmed during autopsy of the organ.

  • Friday, 08 July 2022
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