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

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 ...

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

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

We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human ...

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

In a groundbreaking first, doctors transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living patient, marking a significant advancement in xenotra ...

A human liver deemed not viable for transplant has been repaired by an innovative perfusion machine and subsequently transplanted into a patient who continues to do well a year after the ...

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

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, ...