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

This is the first time, however, a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. Rafael Matesanz, founder of the National Transplant Organisation in Spain, said: ‘This is the world’s first ...

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 ...

“This is the world’s first case of a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human. “The ultimate goal of the experiment was not to achieve a standard liver ...

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a ...

The new study, which is expected to get underway later this spring, is a twist on the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers won't transplant the pig liver but instead will ...

This is the first time, however, a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. Rafael Matesanz, founder of the National Transplant Organisation in Spain, said: ‘This is the world’s first ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can ...