### [2018-08-3](/feed/2018/08/3/index.md)

##### University of Texas Medical Branch
# Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston report the first successful transplant of a bio-engineered lung. The lung, taken from a donor pig, was reduced to a protein scaffold, and replaced with the subject pig's own cells over the course of a month. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45046674) [Image](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3ACA/production/_102805051_mediaitem102805047.jpg)

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