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Second Recipient Of Pig Heart Transplant Passes Away — Wished Doctors To 'Make The Most' Of What They Learned
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 9:33pm | 540In the latest news related to medical advancements, the second person to undergo a pig heart transplant has passed away, prompting further inquiry into the field of xenotransplants. What Happened: The patient, Lawrence Faucette, 58, passed away nearly six weeks following the groundbreaking surgery...
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First Successful Pig Heart Transplant Into Human: Details On The Amazing Technology And A Public Company To Watch
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 3:32pm | 864Pigs may not be able to fly, but they've provided a vital organ in a life-saving surgery for one U.S. man. What Happened: A Maryland hospital completed the first transplant of a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save the man’s life, according to the Associated Press...
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United Airlines Says CEO Oscar Munoz Recovering From Heart Transplant, Will Return To Work By Q2
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 11:11am | 123United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) said on Wednesday that its CEO, Oscar Munoz, is expected to fully recover following a heart transport operation. United Continental noted that a transplant was considered to be "the preferred treatment" and was "not the result of a...