Scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature, the team of researchers transplanted the lung into the body of a 39-year-old male, who had previously been declared brain-dead, in May of last year at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. The news comes after scientists in the United States successfully transplanted a gene-hacked pig kidney, allowing a patient to live for roughly two months last year. Scientists have also transplanted pig hearts and livers into humans. Unfortunately,.

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