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

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

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

Efforts to transplant animal organs into humans reached a milestone, when researchers in China reported that a patient ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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