World’s first pig liver transplant keeps man alive for 171 days in China | World News

Doctors in China have reported a major milestone in organ transplantation after a 71-year-old man lived 171 days following the world’s first published pig liver transplant. The surgery, performed in May 2024 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, involved transplanting a genetically modified liver from an 11-month-old pig. The patient initially survived […]

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Las Vegas CEO receives bloodied pig head and letter in mail: Did he ‘ruffle some feathers’? Probe under way

Image: LinkedIn@/Blake J. Owens A Las Vegas-based CEO has reportedly received a bloodied pig’s head in the mail, an incident believed to be connected to his interview discussing the use of AI in the real estate industry, reported 8 News Now. “Perhaps this person watched too much of The Godfather,” Owens said, as reported by […]

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From pig war to coffee ban: Ten weird historical events that thankfully did not shape history

The World Wars, the moon landing, the invention of the internet, the fall of empires, and civil rights revolutions — history has no shortage of epic, world-altering events. This article is not about any of them.So buckle up (preferably with a cup of coffee — before someone bans it again), and prepare for a crash […]

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Pig kidney removed from US woman after 130 days due to organ rejection

Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after she experienced acute organ rejection, NYU Langone Health officials said Friday.Towana Looney, 53, lived with the kidney for 130 days, which is longer than anyone else has tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal. She has resumed dialysis, hospital officials said.Dr Robert […]

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