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

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, ...

The trial was part of a small — but growing — group of animal-to-human organ transplants, in a practice known as ...

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists in China, according to a new ...

In a study published in Nature, the group describes transplanting a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead patient. At the ...

The study offers the latest evidence that gene-modified pig organs could be a viable option for people suffering from organ ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a team of surgeons in China has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human patient declared brain-dead. This milestone in the ...

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the ...

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

Last year, surgeons in the US carried out the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a male subject, who ...

Chinese doctors said that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first ...