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 ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for ...

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.

Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard to come by, however. This week, a Chinese team turned to another source—pig ...

Treatment options are limited for those with sudden liver failure and the condition has a death rate as high as 50%. HealthDay News — A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help ...

Now, a group of doctors and scientists in China report they have done the same with a pig liver. In a study published in Nature, the group describes transplanting a gene-edited pig liver into a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human, marking a significant step in xenotransplantation. The ...

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 ...

Chinese scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human recipient, in a world first. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an used a genetically ...

Patients with severe liver disease could one day be kept alive with livers transplanted from pigs, scientists say. A team in China successfully transplanted the liver from a miniature pig that had ...