ชายมะกัน “ปลูกถ่ายหัวใจหมู” คนแรกของโลก-เสียชีวิตแล้วหลังผ่าตัด 2 เดือน

The first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig has died. David Bennett, who had terminal heart disease, survived for two months following the surgery in the US. But his condition began to deteriorate several days ago, his doctors in Baltimore said, and the 57-year-old died on 8 March. /Twitter/

Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith with patient David Bennett. Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine /Univ. of Maryland Medical Center @UMMC/

Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center were granted a special dispensation by the US medical regulator to carry out the procedure, on the basis that Mr Bennett – who was ineligible for a human transplant – would otherwise have died. He had already been bedridden for six weeks leading up to the surgery, attached to a machine which was keeping him alive. Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine /Univ. of Maryland Medical Center @UMMC/

Surgeons show off the pig heart used in David Bennett’s transplant. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc/Alamy Stock Photo

Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine /Univ. of Maryland Medical Center @UMMC/