From the heart of a pig. Top 6 Most Amazing Medical Achievements of 2021
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What are some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs in medicine in recent times?
Speaks Ph.D., professor in the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University (USA), expert of the Scientific Council of the network of clinics “Atlas” Ancha Baranova.
1. Pig heart transplanted to a man
The first person to undergo such an operation was a 57-year-old American David Bennett (“AiF” wrote about him in No. 4). The technology of heart transplantation has been developed for several years, however, permission for the operation was received only in 2021 as part of compassion therapy (methods used to treat hopeless patie...