They manage to stabilize a patient with liver failure using a genetically modified pig liver. The organ was not transplanted ...

In the new approach, the pig liver remained outside the patient’s body, significantly lowering the risk of immune rejection.

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘milestone’ for organ transfers between animals and people. Scientists in China used a liver taken from a seven-month ...

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the investigation with no signs of rejection. For 10 days, the liver performed its basic ...

A man lived for 171 days with a genetically modified pig liver, the greatest advance to date in xenotransplantation.

In another procedure, a team led by Qin Weijun, a doctor at Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University, performs a surgery to transplant a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead ...

This research 'holds promise for advancing studies on using pig livers to support or even replace human liver function,' says ...

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and ...

Treatment options are limited for those with sudden liver failure and the condition has a death rate as high as 50%. HealthDay News — A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help people ...

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 useful ...