Pig heart transplant

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Second pig heart transplant patient dies six weeks after rare surgery (The Washington Post)

Lawrence Faucette, 58, was the second person in the world to undergo a pig heart transplant. He died Monday after his body showed signs of rejection, ...

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Man who received second pig heart transplant dies in Maryland ... (Sky News)

The second man to ever receive a pig's heart has died six weeks after surgery. His doctors said his last wish was for the transplant team to make the most ...

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Only second person to receive pig heart transplant dies (Los Angeles Times)

A Maryland man who was only the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the experimental surgery.

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World's second human recipient of pig heart dies six weeks after ... (The Guardian)

Lawrence Faucette, who had terminal heart disease, received a pig heart genetically altered to be compatible with humans.

Second Person To Receive Pig Heart Transplant Dies - KFF Health ... (Kaiser Health News)

News outlets report that the patient, Lawrence Faucette, of Frederick, Md., began to show initial signs of organ rejection. Faucette, who died six weeks ...

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'His own body attacked it: Second person to get pig heart transplant ... (WION)

The second person who received a genetically engineered pig heart in September this year has died even as the doctors took extra precautions.

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Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies ... (Sentinel Colorado)

“Mr. Faucette's last wish was for us to make the most of what we have learned from our experience,” Dr. Bartley Griffith, the surgeon who led the transplant ...

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Navy veteran who received pig heart transplant in September dies (NavyTimes.com)

Lawrence Faucette, 58, a Navy veteran from Frederick, Maryland, was suffering with fatal heart disease.

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