A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed ... with limited disruption to the anatomy of the existing liver ...

but to serve as a ‘bridge organ’ in cases of acute liver failure, while awaiting a human organ for a definitive transplant.’ Iván Fernández Vega, Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the ...

For example, he discovered that the anatomy of the human body was (actually ... of Galen’s idea that blood was created… in the liver. But when Harvey published his theory on circulation ...

Chinese surgeons have transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead person, showing that the liver can function in a human and extending a strategy ... Ivan Fernandez Vega, ...