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

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, ...

In the U.S. last year, surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania attempted that sort of “bridge” support by externally ...

The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from ...

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

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

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint that pig livers might eventually be useful, ...

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

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a team of surgeons in China has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig ...

Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard to come by, however. This week, a Chinese team turned to another source—pig ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be ...

The surgery in medical history, conducted last year, is a breakthrough in research on xenotransplantation—the transplantation of organs from animals to humans. In the experiment, the pig liver ...