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

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

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Our liver has admirable regenerative properties. But it takes a beating every day. Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard ...

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 ...