First Transplant of a Genetically Altered Pig Heart into a Person Sparks Ethics Questions

A medical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Monday that it had accomplished a world-first: Its surgeons had transplanted a heart from a genetically engineered pig into a human. The doctors performed the eight-hour procedure Friday evening. As of Monday night, the man, 57-year-old David Bennett, is awake and breathing on his own, and his new heart is pumping away, according to his doctors. Read more…