Rapid technological developments still lead to progress in many areas. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that one of them is medicine. In light of these efforts, a very important step has been taken in recent months and for the first time in history a heart of a pig We told you that he was successfully transferred to a 57-year-old individual named David Bennet.

It was announced that the patient died two months after this operation, which was performed using a genetically modified pig. Scientists stated that they are continuing their investigation into the patient’s death and that they will share information about the cause. Now important statements have been made on this subject.

According to New York Times reports, the cause of death of American man David Bennet, who has gone down in history infect pigs virus it could be. The surgeon who performed the surgery, Dr. Bartley Griffith stated that the presence of a virus called porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) in the patient may have contributed to the death.

But Griffith has no evidence that the virus has developed an infection or that the body has rejected the genetically engineered heart. also added. It was also one of the explanations that Bennet was very ill before the procedure and had many complications after the transplant. Griffith said what happened didn’t scare them, it was important to the way of learning; that in the future better results noted that it could.

The virus was found in the patient’s DNA after 20 days

The University of Maryland, which performed the operation, also stated that there was no evidence that the virus caused an infection; however, he stated that the scans can only detect active infections. This would show that the virus could have been found undetected in the pig’s body and transmitted to the patient. Griffith also found viral DNA from a heart transplant. 20 days later they have reached; but noted that it is at a low level.

Griffith dan on day 40 He stated that Bennet had problems with his health and an increase in viral DNA levels. For this reason, the researcher stated that they were focusing on the possibility that the virus may have contributed to the events. It was also one of the news that investigations into possible causes continued.

Finally, Revvicor, the company that supplied the transplanted heart, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which authorized the surgery, were reached out to comment on the topic; however, no explanation was given.