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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago
Medicine

In a First, Pig Liver Helped a Cancer Patient Survive for More Than a Month

A genetically modified pig liver segment supported human metabolic function for 38 days as an auxiliary graft for a patient with an incurable liver tumor.
fromMail Online
3 days ago
Medicine

World's first pig-to-human liver transplant

A genetically modified pig liver functioned temporarily in a living human but was removed after immune-related vascular damage; the patient later died.
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