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Second recipient of pig heart transplant passes away - A pioneering medical journey
THE second person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, Lawrence Faucette, has sadly passed away six weeks after the procedure at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). The pig heart had begun showing signs of rejection recently. Before his passing, Faucette expressed his wish for the medical team to learn from the experience to help others facing a lack of human organs. Dr. Bartley Griffith, who performed the surgery, shared this sentiment and said they would miss Faucette greatly.Faucette, aged 58, was hospitalized at UMMC on Sept 14 due to heart failure symptoms. Just six days later, he received the experimental pig heart transplant. Traditional human hea

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