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World-first pig-to-human heart transplant performed in US
In a historic procedure surgeons in the US have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a living human. The patient is currently still alive, has not rejected the pig organ and is being carefully monitored at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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This was also on NPR. They also removed a specefic sugar the pig has...The same sugar that causes allergic reactions to meat after a lone star tick bite.