pig heart transplant

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man’s death.

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment in Maryland hospital.

A Maryland hospital is defending its decision to transplant a pig’s heart into a dying man following reports that the patient had a criminal record.