内容摘要：This photo provided by researchers shows California sea lion Ronan in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2025, under an NMFS 23554 permit. (Colleen Reichmuth/UC Santa Cruz via AP)

This photo provided by researchers shows California sea lion Ronan in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2025, under an NMFS 23554 permit. (Colleen Reichmuth/UC Santa Cruz via AP)

Known as “aixincan” (eye-sheen-zan), or “loving meals,” they are available at some restaurants in major Chinese cities, home to large populations of migrant workers who come looking for jobs.“There is a lot of pressure in life since I came to Beijing to work, so eating aixincan is both economical and practical,” said the 40-year-old Liu, who arrived two years ago from nearby Shanxi province.

Liu Lijie, a food delivery rider from Ele.me eats his meal at Yushiji restaurant offering the “aixincan” or “loving meals,” in Beijing on March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Liu Lijie, a food delivery rider from Ele.me eats his meal at Yushiji restaurant offering the “aixincan” or “loving meals,” in Beijing on March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Eager to get back to earning money, he digs into his meal at a branch of the Yushiji restaurant chain without even stopping to remove his helmet, branded with the name of the popular Ele.me food delivery app.

The movement, also known as “suixincan” or “follow-the-heart meals,” can be traced back to the early 2000s. It has been featured in China’s government-run media and on social media, including posts in which influencers pose as hungry customers in need to highlight the generosity of the restaurants.Luo Shuai, a driver for

, China’s largest food delivery service, learned of Yushiji’s discounted meal initiative through colleagues and has since become a daily customer at the Beijing chain, which serves food from his native Henan province.

“It reminded me of my hometown,” said the 27-year-old Luo, who moved to Beijing at the end of last year.Pisano is recovering well, the NYU team announced Wednesday. She’s only the second patient ever to receive a pig kidney -- following a landmark transplant

– and the latest in a string of attempts to make animal-to-human transplantation a reality.This week, the 54-year-old grasped a walker and took her first few steps.

“I was at the end of my rope,” Pisano told The Associated Press. “I just took a chance. And you know, worst case scenario, if it didn’t work for me, it might have worked for someone else and it could have helped the next person.”Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of NYU Langone Transplant Institute, recounted cheers in the operating room as the organ immediately started making urine.