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Man given pig's cornea via transplant


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Chinese man given pig's cornea

China accounts for a fifth of the world's blind people: about 8m of its 1.4bn population.

Corneal disease is responsible for roughly half of these cases, and for many people the only hope is a transplant. Owing to a lack of human corneas, last year the Chinese government gave the go-ahead for experimental use of pig corneas last year.

About 200 operations have now been carried out.

Wu Pinggui talks to the BBC after having an operation to transplant a pig's cornea into his eye.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36286128

 

 

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Well I thought it was interesting news....   :lol:

 

 

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When I first read the thread title, the first thought that came to my mind was:"Everything looks like bacon!"

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