Scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human for the ... and insert segments of human DNA in their place. After this, the liver was monitored to see how it was ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

“It means the pig liver could survive together with the original liver in a human being—and would give additional support to an injured liver, maybe, in the future.” Pigs are promising ...

But the human immune system still has ways to recognize ... Tests after the transplant found some DNA from a pig ...

The first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human was undertaken by Chinese researchers last year, according to a new, peer-reviewed study. The patient was clinically brain ...