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

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

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing ...

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

Chinese researchers have reported new advancements in the pursuit of animal-to-human organ transplants, successfully ...

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

Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief ...

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, ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists in China, according to a new ...

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 ...