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, ...

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

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

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 doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for ...

“We all know the function of the liver is so complicated.” Replacing a human organ with a pig’s is complicated, said Dr. Shimul Shah, an expert in xenotransplantation — the transplant of ...

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

Donor livers are hard to come by, however. This week, a Chinese team turned to another source—pig livers—and published the first results showing how they function inside a human recipient. The liver ...

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, ...

The pig liver’s smaller size means it could be added into the body without removing the diseased human organ, to help it function temporarily. The liver’s function is to filter and clean blood ...

‘It is the first study to demonstrate that a genetically modified porcine liver can survive and exert basic metabolic functions - albumin and bile production - in the human body.’ Liver ...