Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Scientists continue to explore ways to improve organ functionality and prevent immune system rejection. If successful, pig ...

Chinese doctors said that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first ...

The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from ...

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time by Chinese scientists. Surgeons have grafted ...

A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could ...

Breakthrough by Chinese scientists could lead to pig livers being used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

The trial was part of a small — but growing — group of animal-to-human organ transplants, in a practice known as ...