Doctors in Baltimore have transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life, in a medical first. Three days later, David Bennett, 57, is said to ...

Despite selecting a patient with low pre-existing anti-pig antibodies, the transplant team found a surge in these antibodies, which caused damage to the heart and ultimately led to graft failure.

The world’s first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human being has been carried out, giving hope to thousands of people desperately in need of replacement organs. David Bennett ...

Malorie Blackman’s novel about 13-year-old schoolboy Cameron whose failing heart is replaced with that of a pig to give him a chance of survival, was a massive success in the late 1990s, spawning a ...