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Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...

A genetically modified pig lung functioned in a man’s body for nine days The study offers hope for future organ transplants but raises some safety concerns Experts say pig lung transplants are far ...

(CNN) — A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, doctors in China transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead person. Similar experiments involving brain-dead patients have previously ...

The lung survived nine days but also whipped up an immune response. It's hoped pig organs could one day ease the donor organ shortage. A heavily modified pig lung survived for 216 hours inside a brain ...