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Pig lung transplanted into a human

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FirmwareBurner ◴[] No.45075966[source]
TL;DR: NO, you won't be getting a pig lung anytime soon.

>However, by 24 hours after the transplant had taken place, severe swelling (edema) was observed, possibly as a result of blood flow being restored to the area of the transplant.

Antibody-mediated rejection damaged the tissue further on days three and six of the experiment.

The result of the damage was primary graft dysfunction, a type of severe lung injury occurring within 72 hours of a transplant, and the leading cause of death in lung transplant patients.

Some recovery was taking place by day nine, but the experiment had run its course.

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1. daniel_iversen ◴[] No.45079422[source]
There’s a lot of work going on to try and modify the DNA of the pigs to make them “transplant-compatible” using CRISPR, avoiding rejection and lifelong medication for the patient etc;

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan4187