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A Pig's Heart.

A corkscrew-shaped micro-robot.

John Ellis
Jan 11, 2022
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1. In a medical first, doctors in Maryland have transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Doctors at the University of Maryland medical center yesterday said that the patient was doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery, though it is too soon to know if the operation …

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