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Wellness Wednesday: Genetically Modified Pig Heart Transplanted Into Human

Members of the surgical team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Members of the surgical team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center last week successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old man.

The groundbreaking procedure offers hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with failing organs. But it also raises serious medical and ethical concerns.

Today on Wellness Wednesday on All Sides with Ann Fisher, we discuss the pros and cons of animal-to-human transplantation. Well talk about school nurse concerns over kids and COVID as well as the latest fitness news and research.

Guests:

  • Kate King, president-elect of the and school nurse with the Columbus City Schools
  • Brendan Parent, director of transplant ethics and policy research at
  • Gretchen Reynolds, columnist for

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