A team in China successfully transplanted the liver from a miniature pig that had been genetically modified to prevent rejection into a brain-dead human. Observing the organ’s function for 10 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Doctors could potentially use the pig liver as bridge until a human liver is available or the patient’s liver has recovered, Lin Wang, a surgeon at Xijing hospital in Xi-an, China, said in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 modified ...