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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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.