Well,
the second person to receive a pig heart transplant
has died six weeks after surgery in Maryland,
58 year old Lauren
Fossett was dying from heart failure and
ineligible for a traditional heart transplant.
The patient received the genetically modified pig heart on September 20th.
Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine said the heart seemed
to be healthy for the first month but began showing signs of rejection.
In recent days,
Fawcett died on Monday
and the Maryland team of doctors performed
another pig heart transplant surgery last year.
The patient survived for two months before the
heart failed for reasons that remain unclear.