Researchers transplant pig organs, tissue in monkeys in China's Xi'an

STORY: Researchers transplant pig organs, tissue in monkeys in China's Xi'an DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital 2. various of the surgery 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DOU KEFENG, Professor of the hospital, academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences 4. various of the surgery STORYLINE: A Chinese research team announced on Tuesday it has transplanted organs and tissue from a gene-edited pig to four monkeys, all of which have been surviving for about 10 days. The xenotransplantation operation was conducted by researchers and clinicians at the Xijing Hospital affiliated to Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, China's Shaanxi Province on Oct. 16. The team transplanted the pig's liver, heart, kidney and its cornea, skin and bone tissue to four monkeys. The transplanted organs and tissue are now in good condition. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DOU KEFENG, Lead researcher "The most difficult part of the surgeries was the transplantatio