Baby receives world first ‘heart-thymus’ transplant
Easton Sinnamon, needed both a heart transplant and processed thymus tissue implantation (Duke University/PA)
A baby has received the world’s first heart transplant combined with a thymus implant – a procedure that has the potential to change the future of organ transplants.
Easton Sinnamon is said to be “thriving” after the procedure, which it is hoped will lower the risk of his body rejecting his new heart and could potentially mean that he does not need to rely on life-long immunosuppressant drugs.
