Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing ...

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

In a study published in Nature, the group describes transplanting a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead patient. At the ...

Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief ...

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists in China, according to a new ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

Over 10 days, the porcine liver produces bile and porcine albumin, maintains stable blood flow, and shows no signs of ...

Breakthrough by Chinese scientists could lead to pig livers being used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike in hopes of alleviating a transplant shortage. Two initial xenotransplants in the U.S. — two pig hearts and two pig ...