(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 ...

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into a person with cancer. Surgeons reported that the transplanted section of ...

Surgeons implanted a gene edited pig liver alongside a failing human liver The graft worked for more than a month, producing bile and clotting factors Complications related to clotting and immune ...

Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the ...

Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan lives with just 25% liver function, a testament to the organ's remarkable regeneration. Medical research indicates survival is possible with 20-30% healthy liver ...

A growing body of research is casting doubt on the long-term safety of extremely high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets commonly ...

A human liver was "kept alive" for nearly three days at body temperature before being transplanted into a cancer patient in a world-first, doctors have revealed. The 62-year-old man, who also had ...

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. The DIALIVE device, invented ...

Every January, the same wave of "detox" promises rolls in. Juice cleanses, detox teas, charcoal capsules and liver "resets" ...