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China: Surgeons conduct pig-to-human lung transplant



The genetically modified pig lung remained functional for nine days inside a brain-dead human patient. Scientists believe xenotransplantation – cross-species transplants – could alleviate the organ shortage crisis.



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Publish date : 2025-08-26 02:48:00

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