First successful Xenotransplant: porcine heart transplant in human
Lack of organs is a greater burden to medical community, whose main moto is to save lives. The lack of availability of exact donor organs has been an increasing cause of mortality rate all over the world. Cardiac transplants occur every year but is restricted due to limited availability of hearts.
Xenotransplantation was first attempted in the 1980s but was largely abandoned after the renowned case of Stephanie Fae Beauclair (known as Baby Fae) at the University of Loma Linda, California. An infant born with a fatal heart disease underwent a baboon heart transplant and died within a month of surgery due to immune system rejection of the foreign heart. However, pig heart valves have been successfully used to replace human valves for many years.
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