A 39-year-old brain-dead person in China has become the first human to receive a lung from a pig. With consent from the person’s family, researchers took the organ from a CRISPR’d pig, trimmed it, and stitched it into the chest, where it remained for nine days. Experts stress there is a long way to go before pig lungs can be used in patients.
Source: The Guardian, August 25, 2025. Link. The work is the latest development in a technique called xenotransplantation that is aimed at solving the organ shortage crisis.