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A Pig Virus May Have Killed First Recipient of Transplanted Pig Heart

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Evidence of a virus that infects pigs was found in the body of David Bennet Sr., the recipient of a genetically modified pig heart in an experimental transplant surgery. Bennet died in March at 57 years old, two months after undergoing the last-resort operation, which was the first of its kind ever performed.

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Source: gizmodo.com