A Pig Virus May Have Killed First Recipient of Transplanted Pig Heart
Evidence of a computer virus that infect fuzz was find in the body of David Bennet Sr . , the recipient of a genetically modified pig heart in an observational organ transplant surgical operation . Bennetdiedin March at 57 years onetime , two months after undergoing the last - resort operation , which was thefirst of its kindever performed . Now , his sawbones and others think that porcine cytomegalovirus likely spiel a role , according toreporting originally fromMIT Technology Review ....