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FIRST PIG TO HUMAN LIVER TRANSPLANT
Daily Record
|March 27, 2025
Breakthrough could unlock backlog
A PIG liver has been successfully transplanted into a human for the first time.
Scientists say pig livers could eventually be used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human donor, which can take months or even years.
Chinese scientists genetically modified a miniature pig to minimise the risk of organ rejection before transplanting its liver into a brain-dead human.
This story is from the March 27, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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