Chinese doctors successfully implant pig liver into brain-dead human for first time | Details here

Chinese doctors successfully implant pig liver into brain-dead human for first time | Details here The liver is a complex challenge because of its varied jobs, including removing waste, breaking down nutrients and medicines, fighting infection, storing iron and regulating blood clotting. The Chinese patient is the third person in the world known to be living with a gene-edited pig kidney. Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time on Wednesday (local time). This groundbreaking procedure is seen as a major step forward in addressing the global organ…