Chinese Scientists Achieve World’s First Genetically Modified Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant

A French biotech, Xénothera based in Nantes, has already started a pig farm which will be intended for xenografts. The first clinical trials must start within 2 to 3 years.

Chinese doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig liver into a brain-dead patient for the first time in the world. The liver reportedly performed basic metabolic functions for 10 days, with no signs of organ rejection, reports ScienceAlert.

For First Time In History Doctors Successfully Implant Pig Liver In Human

In a groundbreaking experiment, doctors in China successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human. Remarkably, it functioned for 10 days.“This is a great achievement,” said Dr. Lin Wang, one of the lead researchers. The pig liver functioned well, with good blood flow, no rejection, and even bile production. The demand is staggering—over 9,000 people in the U.S. alone are waiting for a liver transplant. Surgeons …

In China, a liver xenograft was tested for the first time on a 50-year-old man, declared dead according to neurological criteria. The implanted organ performed some basic functions well

Chinese Woman Is Third Person To Get a Gene-Edited Pig Kidney

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