India, June 8 -- Chinese researchers have carried out the world's first transplant of two pig kidneys and a pig liver into a 53-year-old brain-dead man at the same time, marking an important step forward in xenotransplantation.
The surgery was conducted at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University in Nanning, China, under the leadership of surgeon and researcher Xuyong Sun. The findings were later published in the medical journal Med.
Before his death, the man had been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and had suffered a brain hemorrhage. After he was declared brain-dead, with permission from his family, doctors kept his body functioning artificially so they could test the pig organs.
According to the researchers, ...