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Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results. By Roni Caryn Rabin Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to ...

A man in China became the first recipient of a pig lung. The genetically modified pig organ was transplanted into the 39-year-old, according to an Aug. 26 report by the journal Nature. The procedure ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, Chinese scientists successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig lung into a brain-dead human recipient. The lung functioned for nine days, demonstrating a ...

Scientists in China say they have successfully transplanted a pig lung into a living person for the first time. The researchers from Guangzhou Medical University transplanted a pig lung that had been ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human recipient who had been declared brain dead, according to research published ...

Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to treat ailing humans. In recent years, those efforts have begun to bear fruit: Researchers have begun transplanting the hearts and ...

Chinese scientists have performed the first pig-to-human lung transplant ever, with the organ remaining functional for over a week after surgery. Xenotransplantation, as the process of transplanting ...

Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig lung into a human, marking another huge step in the decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving procedures. In the first operation of its kind ...

This breakthrough highlights the potential of genetically modified pigs as a future source of organs. In a significant development for the field of xenotransplantation, surgeons in China have ...