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He led the team that performed the first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967.

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Your new ahaChristiaan Barnard

Christiaan Barnard's team performed the first human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town in 1967. Calling it a technical milestone should not imply long-term survival for its first recipient. Source: Christiaan Barnard ↗

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