Human pig heart transplants continue Two more human pig heart transplants have been performed in America, and their authors report complete success. So far, there are no signs that the patients' bodies are rejecting the new organs..

In the United States continue to develop xenotransplantation - organ transplantation from animals to humans. In surgery, it has long been common practice to take from the body of animals (for example, pigs) some separate parts of organs, for example, heart valves.. But transplants of whole organs like the heart have not been performed until recently.. And this is a very promising direction, since most patients who need a heart transplant simply do not live to see the operation, as there is a powerful shortage of donor organs all over the world..

Medical scientists are ready to transplant pig hearts to people Some time ago, 57-year-old former convict David Bennett, who became the first person in the world to receive the heart of a pig, died. He lived with the new organ for only two months and died of heart failure, and not at all from rejection of the donor organ, as previously stated.. And now, in the New York medical center NYU Langone Health, two new xenotransplantations have been performed, this time among patients with recorded brain death.. Their bodies continue to function properly on artificial life support devices.. The first operation was carried out on June 19, and the second on July 9. Although these patients, unfortunately, will no longer be able to regain consciousness, operations are needed in order to check whether the xenotransplantation itself is viable..

Human transplantation of pig hearts has become even more possible Surgeons report that in both cases, the body of patients in a coma did not reject donor organs, and they continue to function normally without the help of any medical devices. And before these devices of this kind were needed by patients. And although the technique of xenotransplantation itself is still in its early stages, experts are convinced that in the foreseeable future, it is precisely such operations that will successfully close the shortage of donor organs around the world, and especially for children..

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