On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

Researchers won't transplant the pig liver but instead will attach it externally to study participants. The liver is the only organ that can regenerate, but the question is whether having the pig ...

Massachusetts-based 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 rest ...

As part of the trial, people with severe liver failure who are ineligible to receive a human organ will be temporarily connected to an external pig liver that will filter their blood. The trial is ...

The new study will attach the pig liver to up to 20 patients in a bid to give their own livers time to regenerate. Scientists will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat ...

A genetically modified pig liver is removed in Massachusetts for transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in December 2023. (eGenesis via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. researchers ...

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 ...

This photo provided by eGenesis on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a genetically modified pig liver in Massachusetts before transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in December 2023.