![World-first heart transplant in the operating theatre.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/004/806/full/Dr_Bartley_P._Griffith_MD_-_2022.jpg?1674175846)
On 7 January 2022, Professor Bartley P Griffith performed the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart to a human.
On 7 January 2022, Professor Bartley P Griffith performed the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart to a human.