Although the setup required to accomplish this feat is currently complicated, this finding could provide more understanding ...

Treatment options are limited for those with sudden liver failure and the condition has a death rate as high as 50%.

The FDA has cleared the first clinical trial to test genetically engineered pig livers in patients who have acute-on-chronic liver failure. The trial will evaluate the use of a Egenesis porcine liver ...

The company’s porcine liver is for use with partner OrganOx’s extracorporeal liver cross-circulation (ELC) system in patients ...

Scientists will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure – by temporarily ...

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 ...

Chinese doctors have made a historic breakthrough by successfully transplanting a genetically engineered pig liver into a human. The organ functioned normally for 10 days without immune rejection ...

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into ... a (relatively small) xeno-liver with limited disruption to the anatomy of the existing liver ...