Scientists succesfully transplant pig lung into human body for first time Scientists in China transplanted a genetically modified pig lung into a human body for the first time, with the organ ...

This week's science news has been filled with medical breakthroughs, including the first-ever pig-to-human lung transplant into a brain-dead person. The experiment, which took place in Guangzhou, ...

It might sound like sci-fi, but doctors in China have taken a bold step forward in xenotransplantation - transplanting organs between species. In a remarkable first, surgeons in Guangzhou Medical ...

A man from China underwent the first transplantation of a genetically modified pig lung. However, the 39-year-old man did not live to see the operation due to diagnosed brain death. However, the ...

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 ...

Xenotransplantation has become a hot area of research in recent years, with the heart, kidneys and liver among the organs that have been transplanted into humans from pigs. (FILE | Adobe Stock) Want ...

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 ...

For the first time in history, scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human patient. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature, the team of ...

Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a human. The 39-year-old patient was a brain dead individual and the lungs were viable and functioning for nine ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients. Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a ...

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 ...