One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows ...

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, ...

David Bennett Sr. received a new heart from a genetically modified pig. A 57-year-old man who underwent a first-of-its-kind heart transplant involving a genetically-modified pig heart is in a "much ...

HOUSTON — In a groundbreaking move, the FDA has approved the second phase of clinical trials for the BiVACOR mechanical heart, a device that could potentially make human heart transplants a thing of ...

Doctors from Duke Health have reported a medical breakthrough in which an infant that underwent what they say is the "world's first partial heart transplant" has not only survived but is thriving, one ...

December 3rd has always been a date marked by remarkable achievements and significant events that have shaped the course of ...

Sir Terence English studied mining engineering at university in Johannesburg before deciding to switch to medicine, at Guy’s Hospital in London.

On a cold December morning in 1960, a small surgical team at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston gathered around an ...

David Bennett Sr., of Maryland, suffered from terminal heart disease. A Maryland man who earlier this year became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, according to the ...