A pig kidney was successfully tested on a dead patient last month for the first time without being immediately rejected.
Source: Pig kidney transplant successfully tested on deceased woman
Since they say it wasn’t rejected she _had_ to have been brain dead but her body was still “living.”
This is an important step forward in realizing the promise of xenotransplantation, which will save thousands of lives each year in the not-too-distant future,” said United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt in a statement. Revivicor is a subsidiary.
Honestly if you’re worried about covid you should be horrified and terrified at this. Xenografts or xenotransplantation is really not a good idea