Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants ... be living with a gene-edited pig kidney. The same research team also reported an experiment ...

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

"This is the world's first case of a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human ... and non-vital organs (kidney), such as the temporary replacement of the diseased liver ...

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

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant ... Wang says the team also recently transplanted a pig kidney into a human, and that patient should be well enough to go ...

Patients with severe liver disease could one day be kept alive with livers transplanted from pigs, scientists say. A team in ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

Chinese doctors have achieved a groundbreaking medical milestone by successfully transplanting a pig liver into a human for ...

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

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about ... Wang says the team also recently transplanted a pig kidney into a human, and that patient should be well enough to go home ...