In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘milestone’ for organ transfers between animals and people. Scientists in China used a liver taken from a ...

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 ...

Surgeons have carried out the world's first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver ... more complicated. "A heart is just a pump ...

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time ... although not identical, to those used in the recently reported heart and kidney clinical xenotransplants.

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘milestone’ for organ transfers between animals and people. Scientists in China used a liver taken from a ...

A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the ...

The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

Our liver has admirable regenerative properties. But it takes a beating every day. Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard ...