‘Grateful to be alive:’ Man continues to heal one month after pig heart transplant

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By Eric Lagatta

As he works hard to recover, Lawrence Faucette maintains his dream of soon returning home one month after he became the second person to receive the transplanted heart of a pig.

Though highly-experimental, the procedure was seemingly the 58-year-old man’s last hope to extend his life after health problems made him ineligible for a traditional heart transplant. But so far, his doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine say Faucette’s new heart is functioning well and showing no signs of rejection. Read the full story in USA Today.

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Frederick man recovering after receiving pig heart transplant at University of Maryland School of Medicine

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By Jessica Albert


LOCAL NEWS 

Frederick man recovering after receiving pig heart transplant at University of Maryland School of Medicine

BY JESSICA ALBERT

BALTIMORE – Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine performed its second groundbreaking transplant of a genetically modified pig heart.

The transplant was given to a man from Frederick who had been rejected from all other transplant centers because of pre-existing conditions.

We are told the patient is breathing on his own and his new heart is working without any assistance. Read the full story from WJZ CBS News Baltimore.

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