Chinese Surgeons Perform First Genetically Modified Pig Lung Transplant into Brain-Dead Human
TL;DR
Chinese surgeons successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig lung into a brain-dead human, with the lung functioning for nine days without rejection or infection, marking a significant step in xenotransplantation despite ongoing challenges.
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- China: Surgeons conduct pig-to-human lung transplant DW
- Pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation into a brain-dead recipient Nature
- First pig-to-human lung transplant announced by Chinese scientists National Geographic
- For the first time, a genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man CNN
- Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time The Guardian
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