China News Service, March 10. According to a comprehensive US media report, two months ago, the University of Maryland successfully transplanted a pig heart into the body of Bennett, a heart disease patient, which was the world's first.
However, on March 9, local time, the University of Maryland Medical Center said that Bennett had died.
Doctors did not give a specific cause of death for Bennett, 57, saying only that his condition had deteriorated over the past few days, according to the Associated Press.
"We are grateful for every moment of innovation, every wild dream, every sleepless night for this historic effort," Bennett's son said in a statement. "We hope this story can be hope. the beginning, not the end."
According to previous reports, Bennett's condition cannot use an artificial heart, and there is little hope of waiting for a human organ transplant.
He was initially reluctant to participate in the pig heart transplant trial, but changed his mind when he learned that his chances of survival were slim.
The "donated" heart Bennett received came from a genetically modified pig that was about 109kg at 1 year old and was fed for the purpose of organ transplantation.