A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a 'milestone' for organ transfers between animals and people.

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

The surgery tested the idea of whether a pig liver might supplement the function of a failing liver for patients waiting for a transplant.

Now, a new study suggests that an unlikely hero — the liver — may protect the brain from severe damage after cardiac arrest. Researchers in China have managed to revive brain activity in pigs ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Scientists transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first — what happened next? A team of Chinese scientists hopes their breakthrough could help people with liver failure.

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time by Chinese scientists. Surgeons have grafted hearts and kidneys before but not proven success with a liver, which is a ...

A Chinese patient is the third person in world known to be living with a gene-edited pig kidney. And the same research team also reported an experiment implanting a pig liver into a brain-dead person.

Study: Liver transplantation using magnetic anastomosis in pigs. Image Credit: mi_viri/Shutterstock.com Background Liver transplantation is a crucial treatment for end-stage liver diseases, with ...

Chinese scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human recipient, in a world first. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an used a genetically ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Researchers have had some successes transplanting gene-edited pig kidneys and hearts into people, but liver transplants have proven to be more complicated.