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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Although often glossed over, the human liver is a pretty amazing organ. Not just because it’s pretty much the sole thing that prevents our food from killing us, but also because it’s the only organ in ...

Doctors have now used a gene-edited pig liver to keep a human alive, not as a thought experiment in a lab but as a real bridge for a failing organ. The procedure signals a turning point in transplant ...

A new type of tissue model that more accurately mimics the architecture of the liver could help develop drugs to treat MASLD.

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks associated with exposure. In recent years, as part of efforts to reduce animal ...