In China, pork organs were successfully transplanted to monkeys, writes China Daily.
Doctors of the SITSZIN Hospital at the Sian Medical University of Air Force (Air Force) during the 14-hour operation transplanted the organs of a genetically modified pig: the liver, kidneys, heart, cornea of the eye, fragment of the skin and bones.
Initially, four monkeys participated in the experiment, but one of them died two weeks after the operation. The transplanted liver and kidneys did not take root in her body.
Operation on the transplantation of organs by another detachment of animals was carried out for the first time. The pig previously removed three gene to avoid rejection of the organs. Experts are sure that Chinese medicine “took a big step forward in solving the problem of lack of human organs”.
“Xenotransplantation not only increases access to donor organs and tissues, it will make a breakthrough in the development of medicine. This stimulates the development of new biological, as well as clinical technologies and will ultimately serve for the benefit of humanity,” the professor in the field of surgery of DOW commented the experiment. Kafen.