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

The new study will attach the pig liver to up to 20 patients in a bid to give their own livers time to regenerate. View on ...

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In experiments with four deceased bodies, that “bridge” attempt showed the pig liver could support some functions of a human liver for two or three days, said Mike Curtis, CEO of Massachusetts-based ...

The microbial community living within our large intestine is a highly dense and complex ecosystem. While some of these ...

While she can never know exactly what caused her cancer, Lucie Morris-Marr said that as she researched the link with ...

Using mucin taken from a pig, we analysed both enzyme activity on the surface of cells alongside their genes to understand ..

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.

Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief duration. In a 50-year-old brain-dead recipient, the transplanted liver ...

Transplantation of a gene-modified pig liver to a person diagnosed with brain death was carried out to evaluate the performance of the transplanted organ over a 10-day observation period.

They impair the structure and function of cell membranes and can lead to cell damage or death. Cells in organs such as the liver and kidneys, which are responsible for detoxification and metabolism, ...

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 ...