For the first time worldwide it has been transplanted into a liver from a pig, a milestone for xenophobia, that is, the transplantation of organs from one species to another. According to a Daily Mail report, scientists from China used the liver from a pig that belongs to the small Bama breed (which is widely used in research tests as it has many anatomical and normal similarities with humans), which had been genetically modified to reduce its risk. Once removed, the implant was kept “alive” in a medical solution and chilled to 0-4 ° C. During the 9 -hour surgery, doctors joined the transplant with blood vessels in the abdomen, next to the regular liver, of a 50 -year -old man who was clinically dead and whose family had given approval for surgery. Within the next 10 days, the organ successfully produced bile and maintained a steady blood flow. The team hopes that this kind of surgery could in the future […]
Source: News Beast
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