But considerable hurdles remain, including concerns over the potential introduction of animal pathogens into the human population. Solving the Shortage: The use of genetically engineered pigs could help solve the donor-organ shortage.Pioneering Procedures : In groundbreaking operations, surgeons successfully transplanted a heart and kidneys from genetically modified pigs to human patients. T.''Taking care of Barney was the easiest part'' of the experience that kept Dr. DeVries said, he was ''worried to death'' and experienced a series of emotional highs and lows that paralleled Dr. There have been many hun-dreds more letters of praise. Several pieces of ''hate mail'' from people who perceive the artificial heart as interference with God's will have been sent to the surgeon's office at the University of Utah. Clark's death March 23, his widow, Una Loy, has received bomb threats and obscene telephone calls at her home in Seattle, Dr. DeVries said he and his family still had not fully recovered from the incident that happened a month ago. His comments were of the type that surgeons rarely, if ever, discuss openly about routine cases, let alone one of such historic interest.ĭr.
DeVries revealed his very private feelings about one of the most extraordinary experiments in the annals of medicine. They were the first since the operation on Dec. DeVries said in one of several interviews in recent days. ''If the blowout occurred while they were on the mountain road, the car might have gone into the canyon and they might have been killed,'' Dr.
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