China performs first ever combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human

A Chinese team has transplanted a pig’s kidneys and liver into a patient who had suffered brain death, a world first which may pave the way for multi-organ animal-to-human transplants. After the operation, the organs functioned within the 53-year-old man for nearly five days before the study was ended per his family’s wishes. Xenotransplantation, or the transplant of organs or tissues from one spe