Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

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 ...