{"id":152662,"date":"2026-06-09T05:59:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152662"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:59:25","slug":"china-performs-first-ever-combined-transplant-of-pig-liver-and-kidney-to-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152662","title":{"rendered":"China performs first ever combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese team has transplanted a pig\u2019s 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.<br \/>\nAfter the operation, the organs functioned within the 53-year-old man for nearly five days before the study was ended per his family\u2019s wishes.<br \/>\nXenotransplantation, or the transplant of organs or tissues from one species to another, could help tackle global organ shortages that leave patients in limbo or&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3356462\/china-performs-first-ever-combined-transplant-pig-liver-and-kidney-human?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese team has transplanted a pig\u2019s kidneys and liver into a patient who had suffered brain death, a world first which may pave&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152662"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}