First lung transplant from gene-edited pig into a brain-dead patient for first time performed in China. Really!

Ethically very dubious! 

The articles only say that the organ survived a few days. What about the man, who received the organ?

It shows again that the Communist Party of China does not care much about the dignity and sanctity of human life!

According to Nature, this procedure was performed at an military hospital and not at a civilian hospital.

"In a milestone for the newly resurgent field of xenotransplantation, 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 their chest, where it remained for nine days. ..."

"... The man was brain-dead and the organ only lasted 9 days. ... Using brain-dead people to test such organs is an ethical and safe steppingstone for this high-risk research, says Justin Chan, who does heart and lung transplants at NYU Langone Health ..." (Source)

First lung transplant from gene-edited pig performed in China | STAT "Experiment in China shows more work is needed before launching trials with living patients"

Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first "Lungs are complex organs to transplant, but the surgery is a step towards clinical trials."

"Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University/Xinhua via Alamy"