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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | Doctors transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time in Guangzhou, China, May 2025.

Pig Lung Transplant Marks Milestone in Medicine

By Adhithi Rajesh, Deputy Science Editor September 5, 2025

Doctors in Guangzhou, China, transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time Aug. 25, highlighting the potential of xenotransplantation to transform medical care. The...

Ethicist Debates Transplants

By Alessandra Puccio September 24, 2013

Professor of medical ethics and philosophy Robert M. Veatch called for changing the way that organ transplants are distributed this Friday in the Bioethics Research Library. The discussion, part of...

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