This surgery is part of a growing effort to use genetically altered pig organs to help deal with a shortage of human organs for transplant. Wang and his team are also testing pig livers.

it's difficult to ascertain whether or not the pig's liver would provide adequate function to a patient experiencing liver failure; that's a topic for future research. What the study does show is that ...

This surgery is part of a growing effort to use genetically altered pig organs to help deal with a shortage of human organs for transplant. Wang and his team are also testing pig livers. In a study ...

The pig liver transplant experiment conducted in March of last year attracted attention as the world's first xenogeneic liver transplant. The number of patients needing organ transplants is ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human ...

Scientists have been exploring alternatives for decades, including using pig organs because of their similarity to human organs. Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver ...

The feats are the latest in a string of advances in xenotransplantation, the transfer of living organs or tissues from one species into another. Doctors have already seen success with pig kidneys ...

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 ...

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 ...