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Li Guoxing, 32, died in July at his home in southwestern China after taking
herbal medicines instead of immune-suppressing drugs typically used to prevent recipients from
rejecting donated tissue, his surgeon, Guo Shuzhong,
told Agence-France Presse over the weekend. Li's death had been rumored for months on Chinese blogs, AFP notes.
"His death was not caused by the surgery. Our operation was a success," Guo told AFP. "But we cannot rule out a connection with the immune system drugs."