Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following country's doctors have successfully transplanted the world's first genetically-modified pig heart into the human body?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is the United States of America.
Key Points
- The United States of America's doctors have successfully transplanted the world's first genetically-modified pig heart into the human body
- A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig.
- David Bennett is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore.
- Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center were granted a special dispensation by the US medical regulator to carry out the procedure.
Additional Information
- The possibility of using animal organs for xenotransplantation to meet the demand has long been considered, and using pig heart valves is already common.
- Pig organs are anatomically similar to those of humans. What’s more, porcine components are more tuned for genetic engineering.
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