Pig heart transplant dies

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.

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

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

By Nadia Kounang, CNN. (CNN) — Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks ...