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I feel like I’m being gaslit? Am I having false memories, or was work like this not underway decades ago already?
Yes here is an article from 2015
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743919115003738
Progress in genetically-engineered (GE) pig liver xenotransplantation increased graft and recipient survival from hours with unmodified pig livers to up to 9 days with normal to near-normal liver function
I guess the news is that we went from days to months
There are few things the article didn’t address:
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What complications caused the scientists to remove the liver and whether live transplant had something to do with patient’s death or it was all because of cancer.
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Why can’t the pig live be kept permanently if its fully functional?
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