Event Brief
China performs first combined pig liver and kidney transplant
Filed: Jun 09, 2026 at 2:06 AM ET
Summary: A Chinese team transplanted pig kidneys and liver into a brain-dead patient; organs worked for nearly five days.
WHO: A Chinese research team
WHAT: Performed the first combined pig liver and kidney xenotransplant into a human patient
WHEN: Jun 09, 2026 at 1:59 AM ET
WHERE: China
WHY: The operation was carried out to test multi-organ animal-to-human xenotransplantation in a brain-death patient.
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