The heart from a genetically modified pig transplanted to a Maryland patient in January in a pioneering, acclaimed, and widely critiqued surgery appears to have carried an unwanted passenger. "The ...

The virus may have contributed to his death. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pig virus may have contributed to the death of a ...

May 6 (UPI) --Doctors said they found traces of a virus in a pig heart transplanted into a Maryland man earlier this year, which may explain why he died two months later. The transplant team at the ...

Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the groundbreaking procedure for the first time in January 2022 Bill Seiler at University of Maryland Medical Center For the second time ...

A virus specific to pigs may have been the reason a man who received the first successful transplant of pig heart died two months after the transplant, the operating physician said, according to MIT ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified what likely led to heart failure in the world’s first successful transplant of a ...

We all remember the big news earlier this year when a 57-year-old patient suffering from heart disease was given a new lease on life, courtesy of a genetically modified pig heart. It was a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A preventable infection by a porcine virus might have contributed to the death of the first patient to have a ...

UConn researchers have identified a novel small molecule for the development of preventative treatment for a serious and costly disease in pigs. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus ...

Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) has emerged as a significant pathogen in swine, with a distinct association with congenital tremor (CT) in piglets. APPV is a highly variable RNA virus within the ...