Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6ZHY7)
Genetically modified lung functioned for nine days, in latest development in xenotransplantation aimed at solving organ shortage crisis
Surgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine days, researchers have revealed.
The work is the latest development in a technique called xenotransplantation that is aimed at solving the organ shortage crisis: according to the World Health Organization, only up to 10% of the global need for such transplants is being met.
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