Thoracic Transplant Surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital
Discussed uncertainty about whether the pig lung could have supported the patient if removed from life-support machines
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Chinese doctors performed the first-ever pig-to-human lung transplant in a brain-dead patient to investigate immune system responses, representing a milestone in xenotransplantation research.
“Discussed uncertainty about whether the pig lung could have supported the patient if removed from life-support machines”