These organoids provide scientists with better models for studying liver biology, and for developing treatments for various liver disorders.

So, if scientists hope to create self-growing patches of liver organoid tissue that could help repair damaged organs, it's ...

The FDA has cleared the first clinical trial to test genetically engineered pig livers in patients who have acute-on-chronic liver failure. The trial will evaluate the use of a Egenesis porcine liver ...

The liver is the body's control tower for metabolism, powering vital functions like converting nutrients to glucose, storing fat and breaking down toxins. Over a third of the world, however, is ...

While organoids aim to mimic human organs, the liver's repertoire of complex functions – and thus the energy it needs to operate – have made it challenging for researchers to grow organoids that ...

One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key ...

An AI-based algorithm may help detect chronic liver disease using images from standard echocardiography, according to study ...

One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.

Reportedly, it is said that this surgery was the first successful pig liver transplant into a human. The surgery was done at the Xijing hospital in Xi’an. “This is the first time we tried to ...

Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time on Wednesday (local time). This groundbreaking procedure is seen ...

The same research team also reported an experiment implanting a pig liver into a brain-dead person. Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants ...

Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for ...