Man Who Received World’s First Pig Heart Transplant Dies

The world's first individual to obtain a heart transplantation from a pig died two months after the breakthrough procedure, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Doctors confirmed that David Bennett's condition had been deteriorating for several days before his death, albeit the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Bennett, 57, had the operation in January after being diagnosed with terminal cardiac illness, and his family had already understood that this was a "...

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