schizoidman@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoChinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplantwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkChinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplantwww.nytimes.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThere are few things the article didn’t address: 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. Why can’t the pig live be kept permanently if its fully functional?
There are few things the article didn’t address:
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.
Why can’t the pig live be kept permanently if its fully functional?