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 ...

A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic precedent in the field of organ transplantation. The liver demonstrated functional ...

the pig liver is placed in another position in the abdominal cavity, connected up, and monitored. The study was terminated after 10 days at the request of the patient's family, but the liver remained ...

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 ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile ...

The first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human was undertaken ... and you want them to be compatible with the human system," she said. "[For this reason,] I don't think ...

The pig liver produced far smaller amounts of bile and albumin than a human liver could achieve, Lin said. More research is needed—including studying the pig liver for more than 10 days, he added.

Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body. © l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock We’ve reached a ...