The pig heart transplant patient lived to celebrate the one-month anniversary of his surgery.
The first pig heart transplant patient died two months after surgery due to heart failure.
The first pig heart transplant patient, David Bennett, died two months after surgery.
In Friday's hospital video, Faucette's doctors said the pig heart has shown no sign of rejection.
Tom Jemski/University of Maryland School of Medicine via APMany scientists hope xenotransplants one day could compensate for the huge shortage of human organ donations.
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—, — It's, he's, Lawrence Faucette, Faucette, Chris Wells, David Bennett, Mark Teske, Muhammad Mohiuddin, Lawrence Faucette's, Tom Jemski
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