TOPSHOT - Cardiovascular surgeons Susana Villar (R) and Juan Esteban de Villarreal (L) perform a heart transplant at an operating theatre in Puerta de Hierro University Hospital in Majadahonda, near Madrid, . - For a time-critical procedure that is heavily reliant on intensive care, the Covid pandemic and its explosion of desperately-ill patients has thrown up a barrage of complexities which Spain's world leading organ transplant experts have been forced to surmount. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) / THIS PICTURE MUST BE PUBLISHED UNDATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE HOSPITAL - TO GO WITH AFP STORY "For transplants, Covid complicates the race against time" by MARIE GIFFARD (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
<p>Would y&#8217;all want another chance at life if it meant having a pig&#8217;s heart transplanted into your body, Roomies? Well, researchers are moving forward with surgical experiments to make that a reality! As we previously reported, doctors at the University of Maryland tried the experiment last year with no success, but researchers seem to be making progress at New York University.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/pig-heart-transplants-humans-show-signs-success-rcna37672">NBC News</a>, researchers at NYU Langone Health recently transplanted pig hearts into two people who were on life support after suffering heart failure that left them brain dead. Both patients&#8217; hearts reportedly continued to function throughout the three-day experiment and were not immediately rejected by the new bodies.</p>
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<p>Dr. Nader Moazami, a surgeon who participated in the experiment, had this to say about their findings:</p>
<blockquote><p>The heart was literally banging away. It was contracting completely normally. We learned a tremendous amount.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Pig Hearts Transferred To Deceased Patients</h3>
<p>Unlike University of Maryland doctors, who implanted a pig heart into a living patient last year, the NYU research team did so on clinically deceased patients. Doctors are hopeful that the new research model will show more success. It allows researches to &#8220;rigorously test, refine treatments and collect detailed data without fear that experimentation will take a patient&#8217;s life,&#8221; NBC reports.</p>
<p>Doctors are reportedly hoping that pig organs could &#8220;expand access to transplants and allow doctors to broaden who is eligible for such procedures.Especially since the organ supply needed to fulfill transplants nationwide continues to decrease.</p>
<p>In 2021, the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network reported that more than 116,000 people in the United States were on waiting lists for organ transplants.</p>
<p>Doctors have not yet cleared pig organs for medical use, as the procedure is still in the experimental stage.</p>
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