The American infant, Baby Fae,

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• Description : http://tinyurl.com/ykdqhnx images6S...(more)tephanie Fae Traphagan, well known as a Baby Fae was born on October 14, 1984 and died on November 15, 1984. The American infant, Baby Fae, was suffering from hypoplactic left hearts syndrome. She went through xenotransplant procedure and thus became the first infant who received a heart of baboon. The procedure was performed at Loma Linda Universitys Medical Centre in South California by Leonard L Bailey. The procedure seemed very successful initially but Baby Fae died of a kidney infection 21 days later. The procedure was attracted by a wide range of legal and ethical debate. When Baby Fae was being operated in the hospital there was a controversy in outside world. There were various protests across the country and abroad and they called it as ghoulish tindening with the human and the animal life. The medical community was also divided over the issue although some were receptive of this technical innovation. The University of Minnesotas surgeon John Najarian, who was considered to be the leading pediatric transplant specialist of the country, declared that it, is impossible to transplant cross species and it there is never any success. However some people supported the experiment and stated that it is an effort to prolong the Baby Faes dying process. (less)