China performs world’s first combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human
Researchers in China have successfully performed the world's first combined pig-to-human liver and kidney transplant on a brain-dead patient. The organs functioned for five days, providing significant data on the feasibility of multi-organ xenotransplantation.
Why it matters
This breakthrough offers a potential long-term solution to the global shortage of human organs available for life-saving transplants.
The organs worked for several days, offering evidence that transplanting multiple organs between the species is feasible
The report is a factual summary of a scientific study published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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