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 transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from ...

In the U.S. last year, surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania attempted that sort of “bridge” support by externally ...

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

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney ...

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

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 ...

Chinese doctors have made a historic breakthrough by successfully transplanting a genetically engineered pig liver into a ...

Park is a senior health correspondent at TIME. In the past year, doctors have performed history-making transplants, placing genetically modified pig kidneys and pig hearts into patients.