Scientists have been exploring alternatives for decades, including using pig organs because of their similarity to human organs. Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver ...

Scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human for the first time, raising hopes this could one day become a routine procedure. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical ...

A pig liver has been successfully transplanted into a human for the first time. Scientists say pig livers could eventually be used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human donor ...