Genetically Modified Pig Heart Transplanted Into Dead Recipient Researchers Say
The 72-year-old recipient, Lawrence Kelly of Pennsylvania, had been declared brain dead. His family donated his body for the study, which aimed to investigate how well the modified pig heart worked in the body of a dead human. After Kelly’s transplant in June, the research team repeated the procedure with another deceased recipient, 64-year-old Alva Capuano of New York, in early July. Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of NYU’s Langone Transplant Institute, said the procedures allowed for a more in-depth study of how well recipient bodies tolerated the pig hearts....