When were the last xenotransplanted organs in people?
In 1984, Dr. Leonard Bailey transplanted a baboon heart into a newborn infant dubbed “Baby Fae”. They baby died after 20 days. In 1992, Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Pittsburgh transplanted a baboon kidney into a patient with AIDS and hepatitis B. The patient died after 70 days. In 1993, the procedure was repeated on a patient with hepatitis B, but the patient never regained consciousness.
