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"World's First Gene-Edited Pig Liver Transplant Offers Hope for Organ Donor Shortages"

Chinese scientists have successfully performed the world's first gene-edited pig liver transplant on a brain-dead patient, marking a breakthrough in addressing organ shortages. The edited pig liver, designed to reduce organ rejection, showed good blood and liver bile flow with no signs of rejection 96 hours after the surgery. This xenotransplantation method could potentially benefit more patients with end-stage liver disease, offering a new option for clinical application, although it poses ethical challenges and is currently seen as a temporary alternative to human liver transplants.