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    A man who got the 1st pig heart transplant has died after 2 months

    David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig.
    by The Associated Press Mar 09, 2022 3 minutes

    The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.

    David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn't give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had begun deteriorating several days earlier.

    Bennett's son praised the hospital for offering the last-ditch experiment, saying the family hoped it would help further

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