(CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully connected a functioning liver from a genetically modified pig to a human body.* In a step toward testing the procedure in living people, a team at ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say a pig liver attached to a human body has successfully filtered blood, creating hope for patients with liver disease.

The first successful in-patient trial of liver dialysis* has been completed by researchers from UCL, the Royal Free Hospital, UCL spin-out Yaqrit and their collaborators.

World-First Experiment Running Human Blood Through Pig Liver Could Be Vital "Bridge To Transplant" It means that pig livers could one day be used to support patients waiting for a transplant.

The liver is the largest gland and internal organ in the human body, weighing about three pounds and located under the ribs on the right side. It functions as both an exocrine gland by producing ...

Researchers used evolutionary genetics and CRISPR gene editing tech to develop an innovative treatment for gout. The approach ...

A US biotechnology company has 3D printed a tiny functioning liver in the lab that survived just over five days -- more than twice the life expectancy of 2D versions ...

Injured human liver treated for 3 days in a machine and then successfully transplanted Date: May 31, 2022 Source: University of Zurich Summary: A multidisciplinary research team has succeeded in ...