US EditionMan in China Survives Six Months After World’s First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant
A 71-year-old man in China survived 171 days with a genetically modified pig liver, marking a milestone despite complications from immune rejection.
- A 71-year-old man in China lived for 171 days after receiving a genetically-modified pig liver transplant, the first time such a procedure was done for "therapeutic purposes".
- Despite the treatment resolving the transplant rejection issue, the patient ultimately died after 171 days.
- Researchers reported that genetically engineered pig livers "can support key metabolic and synthetic functions in humans", calling it "a pivotal step forward" while noting remaining hurdles.
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So far, only brain-death patients have benefited from a similar operation. Specialists believe that this new breakthrough, made in China, could save lives, pending donations of human organs.
Hepatitis and a tumor had severely damaged his liver: A 71-year-old patient in China therefore received an organ donation. A pig. Specialists speak of a success, even if it was not lasting.
Man receives world-first pig liver transplant in medical breakthrough
A man has received a pig liver transplant in a world-first medical procedure.The 71-year-old survived for almost half a year after receiving the pig's organ.He underwent the surgery in China after a hepatitis B infection and cancer left him with irreversible scarring on his own liver, meaning he was not eligible for a human liver transplant.The case marked the first time a liver from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted in a human. T…
In China, doctors transplanted a pig liver in a living patient for the first time. The man survived the procedure, but later the organ caused complications. Nevertheless, it was an important step for medicine, according to the experts.
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