More than 41,000 transplants were performed in the United States last year, a record – including about 3,800 heart transplants [File: University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP] David Bennett, the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig, has died two months after the groundbreaking experiment , the hospital that performed the surgery has announced.

Bennett, 57, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Maryland in the United States, and doctors did give an exact cause of death.

In a statement on Wednesday the hospital said his condition began deteriorating several days ago, adding that Bennett was […]

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