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 ...

Now, a group of doctors and scientists in China report they have done the same with a pig liver. In a study published in Nature, the group describes transplanting a gene-edited pig liver into a ...

The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and liver proteins inside the brain-dead transplant recipient, researchers report March 26 in Nature.

The announcement follows a slew of recent breakthroughs, including transplanting a pig’s heart into a man and a woman currently living with a pig’s kidney. Professor Lin Wang, one of the study ...

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a ... Liver may not have worked long-term Professor Peter Friend, a transplant expert at Oxford University, was not involved with the research but ...

“This is the world’s first case of a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human. “The ultimate goal of the experiment was not to achieve a standard liver ...

That said, we’re still far from seeing pig-derived livers and other organs becoming commonplace. In recent years, scientists have begun to transplant pig kidneys and hearts as a last resort ...