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

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 ...

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

Chinese researchers have reported new advancements in the pursuit of animal-to-human organ transplants, successfully ...

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

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

Patients with severe liver disease could one day be kept alive with livers transplanted from pigs, scientists say. A team in ...

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, ...

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 ...