Washington
In the United States, Dr. Mansoor Mohi-ud-Din did a feat of implanting a pig's heart in the chest of a human heart patient. According to the University of Maryland School Of Medicine, the patient has received the transplanted heart of a genetically modified pig successfully.
Dr. Mansoor Mohi-ud-Din said that we compared all the animals to see which animal is closer to the human being. He said that the monkey's heart did not prove useful in transplanting, while the experiment on pigs was useful, a few-months old pig's heart is equal to the size of the heart of an adult human.
Dr Mansoor Mohi-ud-Din said that the real cost is behind this medical feat is in genetically modifying the pig. As this process is still in the experimental stages it’s the cost is high. He hoped that in the countries where all medical expenses are paid through insurance, the cost of such a transplant will also be covered under this package.
Dr Mansoor Mohi-ud-Din and the team during the transplantation surgery
David Bennett, a 57-year-old U.S. citizen, underwent a genetically modified pig heart transplant during a seven-hour operation at a Baltimore hospital.
David Bennett is in good health three days after the operation. The transplant is considered to be Bennett's last hope of saving his life. However, it’s not yet clear to scientists how long the new heart will last in the recipient’s body.
"I had no choice but to die or get a transplant," said David Bennett. "I know this operation is like shooting an arrow in the dark, but it was the only way for me to survive," he said. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center were given special permission for the operation by the US Medical Regulatory Authority to save the life of David Bennett.
Earlier, US authorities had ruled that a human heart transplant of a pig's heart had failed. Years of research by the medical team performing this transplant and its results could change lives around the world.
A surgeon with the heart recipient David Bennett after surgery
According to Bartley Griffith, a surgeon at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, transplanting a pig's heart into the human body would be a step towards solving the world's organ deficiency crisis.
In the United States, he said, 17 people die a day waiting for a transplant, while the number of patients waiting for an organ transplant is more than 100,000. It should be noted that the possibility of using animal organs for transplantation has been considered for a long time while the use of pig heart valves in the human body is already common.
David Bennett, who is recovering well after the operation, hopes the transplant will help keep him alive. He stayed in bed for six weeks before the surgery with a machine that helped keep him alive. (Compiled from different sources)
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