Scientists believe that David Bennett Sr, a 57-year-old man from Maryland, may have been the victim of a pig virus linked to transplant failure. His transplant surgeon Dr Bartlay Griffith has said the pig virus could have been ''latent'' and ''it could be a hitchhiker.

Report says that the world's first man to get pig-to-human transplant may have died of animal virus

The first person to receive gene-edited heart of a pig has died two months after getting a historic transplant. The procedure raised hopes that advances in cross-species organ donation could one day solve the chronic shortage of human organs available for donation, and the team behind the operation say they still remain optimistic about its future success.

Two months after historic transplant, first person to receive gene-edited pig heart dies

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Report says that the world's first man to get pig-to-human transplant may have died of animal virus

Two months after historic transplant, first person to receive gene-edited pig heart dies