Man receives the first pulmonary pork transplantation in a historic medical breakthrough

A man in China has become the first recipient of a pork lung.

The genetically modified pork organ was transplanted in the 39 -year -old man, according to a report of August 26 of the journal Nature.

The procedure took place last year, carried out by researchers from the first affiliate hospital of the Guangshou Medical University in China.

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Although the man was dead in the brain after having experienced brain hemorrhage, the lung survived for nine days.

The left lung came from a pig with six genomic modifications, created by the research company Chengdu Clonorgan Biotechnology in China.

A genetically modified pork lung was transplanted for the first time into a human man last year. (istock)

The pork organs have been successfully transplanted into man in the past, and clinical trials for transplants of pork and kidney liver in humans were green this year.

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In this first test, researchers and doctors aimed to determine how a lung would resist the human immune response and the possibility of “hyperacted rejection”.

In the article in the journal Nature, the researchers reported the success of this recent transplant, noting any sign of rejection or infection during the 216 -hour surveillance period.

Although the man was dead in the brain after having experienced brain hemorrhage, the lung survived for nine days. (istock)

During the first 24 hours, the team observed swelling of the lung and damage to the tissues during the procedure.

The three and six days, the team noticed damage caused by antibodies attacking the organ, but it was reduced to the new day.

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The study then ended at the request of the patient’s family on the ninth day, the report said.

“Although this study demonstrates the feasibility of the pulmonary xenotransplant of pig to human, substantial challenges relating to organ rejection and infection remain,” concluded the researchers.

“Other preclinical studies are necessary before the clinical translation of this procedure.”

Doctors said additional research is needed before clinical translation can occur. (istock)

Muhammad Mohiuddin, surgeon and researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, who led the first transplantation of a heart to a living person in 2022, told nature that the lungs are the “most difficult organ to transplant” because they are more inclined to be attacked by the immune system.

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Mohiuddin applauded the researchers’ effort and described it as “first step” to pulmonary xenotransplantation, or the use of organs from other species to humans.

Fox News Digital contacted the researchers to comment.