Dave Bennett died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore but no obvious cause of death has been identified
The first person to receive a gene-edited pig heart has died two months after the historic transplant.
Dave Bennett passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore.
It was today unclear whether his body had rejected the foreign organ but his death was a setback for surgeons working to give others the gift of life.
âThere was no obvious cause identified at the time of his death,â a hospital spokeswoman said.
Hospital officials said they could not comment further on the cause of death, as doctors had yet to conduct a thorough examination.
Dr Bartley Griffith, the surgeon who performed the transplant, said the hospitalâs staff were âdevastatedâ by the death.