A month after transplant, man works to regain strength
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig — and hospital video released Friday shows he's working hard to recover.
Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered the highly experimental surgery...
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