GENE-EDITED PIG

David Bennett Sr. (1964 – March 8, 2022) was an American medical patient. He was the first patient to have a xenotransplantation with a genetically modified heart. On January 7, 2022, aged 57, he received the heart of a gene-edited pig. He was born in Maryland.

Bennett died in Baltimore, Maryland on March 8, 2022, at the age of 57.