Lawrence Faucette, the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig, is working hard to recover one month after the highly experimental surgery.
He was suffering from heart failure and was ineligible for a traditional heart transplant due to other health issues.
The procedure, called xenotransplantation, is a significant development in organ transplantation. Pig organs have been genetically modified to make them more human-like, with the aim of addressing the shortage of human organ donations.
The first patient who received a pig heart survived for two months, and scientists are making improvements based on the lessons learned from that case.
Faucette’s recovery is being closely monitored, and his doctors have reported no signs of rejection for the pig heart.
This procedure could potentially save many lives by increasing the availability of organs for transplantation.
That is one fit cat. I dont think i could walk that far. Let a lone a cat!!!
long way for a cat to travel
it was really good and interesting I loved it good job
That’s a long way.
The owners must’ve been scared to lose their cat but in the end the cat was found by a kind person who looked after the cat after walking 1448 km.
Thats pretty amazing! Very fit cat. Surely it didn’t do it all on paw! That’s crazy!
a least the cat got home
That cat must love their family so much to travel 1448 km, by paw!
I want that cat NOW!!!!!!!!
wish i could travel that far
wow cat strong
traveled so long!
they are so cute