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World’s first pig lung transplant in brain-dead man lasts nine days in China
In a medical first, a pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead human, where it functioned for nine days. Surgeons at Guangzhou Medical University, China, performed the cross-species lung transplantation. The recipient, a 39-year-old man who had suffered ...
Scientists Transplant Pig Lung Into Human for the First Time. It Worked for Nine Days
The patient, a 39-year-old declared brain-dead after a brain hemorrhage, thus became the first human recipient of a pig lung. Surgeons at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University transplanted the genetically modified organ into him, then watched closely as it clung to viability.
A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human ...
The genetically modified lung remained viable for nine days, but the recipient’s immune responses need more research, scientists say.
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