Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for almost ...

This photo provided by eGenesis on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a genetically modified pig liver in Massachusetts before transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in December 2023.

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 ...