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  1. #ChineseScientists successfully #transplanted the liver of #GeneEdited #pig into a 71 yr old male patient with giant right lobe #LiverCancer. The patient is moving freely without acute or hyperacute rejection reactions 7 days post surgery.

    #WorldsFirst #liver #xenotransplantation #surgery of a living human. China's xenotransplantation #technology has reached a significant #breakthrough in the #medical field - #FirstAffiliatedHospital of #AnhuiMedicalUniversity.

    globaltimes.cn/page/202405/131

  2. @peterbrown that has been true since start of devolution, but your relief (and mine) at our #GMfree status in #Scotland may be about to end. Current plans by Westminster government to deregulate new #GeneEdited crops and food will mean that Scottish government will be powerless to prevent their cultivation and sale here, courtesy of the #postBrexit #UK single market Act …a device largely designed to emasculate our devolved powers on a wide front.