US man with transplanted pig heart likely died due to virus that doesn’t infect humans - ThePrint

Transplant was successful, but patient had been immunocompromised before procedure. It's suspected that small amount of undetected virus set off infection inside or from heart.

Bengaluru: The first man to have successfully received a pigs heart in a transplant may have died as a result of complications caused by a porcine virus, that was present in the heart in low amounts,… [+4261 chars]

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