Children's Hospital Los Angeles Team Is First in World to Investigate Cardiac Xenotransplant as a 鈥楤ridge鈥 for Babies
Children's Hospital Los AngelesA team led by Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using genetically engineered pig hearts as a potential 鈥渂ridge鈥 to heart transplant for critically ill babies. The groundbreaking preclinical research could lead to a lifesaving alternative for supporting critically ill babies waiting for a new heart鈥攑articularly those with single-ventricle heart disease, most of whom currently die while waiting for a transplant.