Japan's key organ transplant network has invalidated the organ donation wishes of all individuals officially recognized as being intellectually disabled, according to the health ministry.
3 major Japanese hospitals declined 62 organ transplants in 2023 Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
Japanese startup PorMedTec claims to have cloned three piglets with the express purpose of having their organs be viable for transplantation to humans without being rejected by the immune system. The company imported gene-edited cells from a US biotech startup called eGenesis and used them to create genetically modified embryos, the Japan Times reports, which […]