For many people, the idea of donating an organ seems far too daunting. But it doesn't have to be, some researchers argue.

[MUSIC PLAYING] RAHUL MAHESHWARI: The typical concerns that we would have the first few days or a few weeks after a liver transplant is when your immune system is the most compromised or suppressed.

Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief ...

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

Research shows weight loss surgery can help reduce the risk of severe liver problems for some patients with MASH.

Just two hours after transplant, the pig liver began producing bile ... A mismatch could result in a pig liver that can’t work in the human body or one that triggers dangerous immune responses. Sign ...

In the UK, there are more than 11,000 deaths due to liver disease each year. Around 700 people are currently on the waiting list for a transplant, and the average wait is three to four months.

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing ...

ANSM, the French drug agency, has warned against the viral social media dare among youths, risking severe liver damage.

A team at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has performed a successful liver transplant in a patient with terminal ...

But Wang pointed to a potential next step in xenotransplantation — learning to transplant pig livers. His team reported Wednesday in the journal Nature that a pig liver transplanted into a brain ...

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 ...