The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.

Specific genetic modifications allowed the lung to survive the body’s hyperacute rejection, where the body attacks the organ, within a few hours.

The genetically modified lung remained viable for nine days, but the recipient’s immune responses need more research, scientists say.

To better meet demand, scientists have focused on pigs, whose organs are similar in size and function to humans.

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