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Pig lung transplanted into a human

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123 points signa11 | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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Stevvo ◴[30 Aug 25 19:45 UTC] No.45077452[source]▶
I was thinking, big deal, didn't they do a pig heart transplant back in 1999? Turns out that was a popular children's novel and TV series in the UK called "Pig Heart Boy", not reality. First actually pig heart transplant was in 2022.
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1. joegibbs ◴[31 Aug 25 02:49 UTC] No.45079918[source]▶
It wasn't the entire heart but people have had things like valves transplanted from animals. Kevin Rudd had a bovine aortic valve transplanted back in 2011.