A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic precedent in the field of organ transplantation. The liver demonstrated functional ...

For the first time, surgeons have grafted part of a liver from a genetically modified pig onto a human patient’s organ, marking another major advancement for transplant medicine. In a new paper ...

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into ...

A Chinese man lived for almost six months after becoming the first living human to receive a transplant of a pig liver.

Liver diseases are on the rise, leading to about 2 million deaths each year globally, according to 2023 data. This is about 4 ...

“We have known [for a long time] that the liver will regenerate after injury,” biologist Udayan Apte, associate director of the University of Kansas Liver Center, tells Inverse. “We know now [from ...

(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 ...

Your liver can heal, but rising risks from alcohol and fatty liver disease are hitting the young hard. Learn simple steps to stay safe ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...