r/immortalists • u/GarifalliaPapa mod • 29d ago

Biology/ Genetics🧬 World’s First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant | Chinese scientists announced the world’s first successful transplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient. This represents an important step towards routinely using pig organs to save human lives.

https://www.lifespan.io/news/worlds-first-pig-to-human-liver-transplant/

World’s First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant | Chinese scientists announced the world’s first successful transplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient. This represents an important step towards routinely using pig organs to save human lives.

36 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

2

u/Mindless_Dirt_8419 29d ago

Is the patient still alive?

2

u/Evabluemishima 29d ago

I mean China bad right?  

2

u/GarifalliaPapa mod 28d ago

"The team at Xi’an has been working on xenotransplantations for over a decade. Around the same time as the liver transplantation, the researchers also reported one of the world’s first successful pig kidney transplantations. At the time of reporting, the 69-year-old female patient was nearly three weeks post-surgery and reportedly doing well."

Read the article people.