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Navy Veteran and Second Recipient of Experimental Pig Heart Transplant Passes Away, Highlighting Challenges in Xenotransplantation

Navy Veteran and Second Recipient of Experimental Pig Heart Transplant Passes Away, Highlighting Challenges in Xenotransplantation

by Rikki Almanza | Nov 1, 2023

    Navy Veteran Lawrence Faucette, the second person to undergo a groundbreaking pig heart transplant, has passed away nearly six weeks after the experimental surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.Faucette, 58, was ineligible for a traditional...

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