Medical breakthrough! US surgeons successfully transplant pig heart into human patient

The 57-year-old Maryland resident had been deemed ineligible for a conventional heart transplant.

New Delhi: In what is dubbed as a 'first-of-its-kind surgery', the US surgeons have performed a successful transplant of a 'porcine' heart into an adult human with end-stage heart disease. 

The 57-year-old Maryland resident with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is said to be still doing well three days later. 

"It was the only currently available option for the patient," the University of Maryland Medicine said on Monday (January 10, 2022) after performing the historic surgery.