There have been outbreaks in Europe linked to consuming foods that carry higher risk such as smoked sausage and pig-based products made from liver. Pig liver has a very high risk for HEV ...

Transplanting an animal organ into a human is now a closer reality following the successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient diagnosed with brain death in China.

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists in China, according to a new study. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xian, in ...

On the morning of March 10, 2024, in an operating room in Xi’an, China, surgeons connected a living human body to a gene-edited pig liver. A brain-dead patient, with his family’s consent ...

In a study published March 26 in the journal Nature, they reported implanting a pig liver into a brain-dead person. The liver survived for 10 days and showed early signs of working. What's more ...

A Chinese medical team has successfully completed the world’s first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead human, with the organ showing good physiological function, state media ...

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 ...

PARIS, March 27 — Chinese doctors said yesterday 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 ...

Chinese doctors announced on Wednesday that they had successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human for the first time, marking a significant step toward ...