The world’s first pediatric heart transplant (which was also the first human-to-human heart transplant in the United States) was performed at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, on this ...
David Bennett had received the transplant Jan ... knowledge learning that the genetically modified pig heart can function well inside the human body as long as the immune system is properly ...
Richard Slayman, the first successful recipient of a pig-to-human kidney transplant, died in May from heart complications unrelated to the procedure, according to Massachusetts General Hospital.