American doctors created history, for the first time, a pig's heartbeat in the human chest
Baltimore Hospital said Monday that it has been three days since the operation and that the patient is in good condition. This is a significant step forward in decades-old research into the use of an animal's organ in life-saving transplants.
Baltimore, AP. US doctors made history for the first time by transplanting a pig's heart after a genetic mutation in a 57-year-old patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life. In the midst of rapidly increasing heart disease and the shortage of human organs on a global scale, this important and complex operation of doctors has opened up new possibilities in the medical world.
A new door of possibilities opened in the medical world through a complex operation
Baltimore Hospital said Monday that it has been three days since the operation and the patient is in good condition. This is an important step in the direction of research. Dr. Bartley Griffith led the seven-hour operation last Friday at Baltimore Hospital.
Baltimore Hospital said Monday that it has been three days since the operation and the patient is in good condition. This is an important step in the direction of research. Dr. Bartley Griffith led the seven-hour operation last Friday at Baltimore Hospital.
He explains that the condition of patient David Bennett was such that a human heart could not be transplanted in him. Pig heart valves have been used in humans for decades, and Bennett had a similar valve installed a decade ago. In 1984, a langur's heart was transplanted into a child, but he lived only 21 days.
It was a do-or-die situation for Bennett.
According to a statement issued by the University of Maryland Medical Center, a day before the operation, Bennett said, 'This transplant is a do or dies situation for me. I want to live I know it's like shooting an arrow in the dark, but that's the last option I have.'
A doctor is keeping a close eye
Bennett was able to breathe on his own on Monday, but he is still taking help from heart and lung machines. Doctors are carefully monitoring how his heart is working. Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, scientific director of the University of Maryland's Animal-to-Human Transplant Program, said: 'If this operation is successful, it will be possible to have an endless supply of organs needed for patients.' In the US alone, about 1.10 lakh people are waiting for organ transplantation, while more than 6,000 people die every year due to a lack of transplants.
10. Pig heart transplanted after gene editing
According to CNNA, before the transplant, doctors gene-edited the pig's heart and removed three genes present in its cells, due to which the human body does not accept the transplant of animal organs. In addition, a gene responsible for the development of pig heart cells was extracted and six human genes conferring immunity were substituted.
The pig's heart has been developed by Revivcor, a subsidiary of United Therapeutics, whose transplant has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. In September last year, a pig kidney was transplanted experimentally into a dead man in New York. Surgeon Dr. Bartley Griffith said the surgery was very important. We have moved a step forward towards eliminating the shortage of human organs.
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