Genetically engineered pig heart, transplanted to a US man at the end of heart disease, the world’s first
米メリーランド大学医学部は１０日、５７歳の男性に遺伝子操作したブタの心臓を移植する手術を行ったと発表しました
The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced on the 10th that it had performed surgery to transplant a genetically engineered pig heart into a 57-year-old man.
The progress is good 3 days after the operation.
発表によると、患者のデビッド・ベネットさんは心疾患の末期状態にあり、ブタの心臓移植は現時点で唯一の選択肢でした
According to the announcement, patient David Bennett was in the terminal stage of heart disease and heart transplantation in pigs was the only option at this time.
It was diagnosed as unsuitable for normal heart transplants and artificial heart pumps
ベネットさんは「死にたくなければこの移植を受けるしかなかった
Bennett said, ”If I didn’t want to die, I had to get this transplant.
I wanted to live
I knew the danger, but that was my last choice. ”
米食品医薬品局（ＦＤＡ）は１２月３１日、この手術の緊急承認を認めました
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted urgent approval for this surgery on December 31st.
ブタの心臓弁の人への移植は何年も前から行われています
Transplantation of pig heart valves into humans has been done for many years
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