740800login-checkFrederick man recovering after receiving pig heart transplant at University of Maryland School of Medicine |
By Jessica Albert
Frederick man recovering after receiving pig heart transplant at University of Maryland School of Medicine
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.
740800login-checkFrederick man recovering after receiving pig heart transplant at University of Maryland School of Medicine |