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

However, her immune system rejected the organ. Doctors removed the kidney on April 4. Looney expressed gratitude for the research opportunity. Pig organs offer a potential solution to the human ...

An Arizona woman was recently attacked by a javelina, prompting a rapid response for a potential rabies infection.

One of the added human genes causes the pigs to produce an immune system-moderating protein called CD46. More people need a kidney than any other organ, so the company plans to start human trials ...

To impact the baby's health, these compounds must pass from the digestive system into ... confirmed their findings in both human intestinal cell line and pig intestinal samples.

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 ...

Find out about the different stages of a human life cycle and how we change ... us move by contracting and relaxing. What is the digestive system? Discover how the food gets into the body, through ...

Welcome to the human digestive system! Join Dr Chris, Dr Xand and Dr Ronx as you travel through the digestive systems from the mouth … to the bum! Discover how the human body munches ...

The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by a human immune system. The organ successfully ...