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

In a medical first, a research team in China has successfully stitched a CRISPR gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead ...

However, none of the patients survived more than two months with their pig organs. Still, researchers are committed to continuing. "Lisa's contributions to medicine, surgery, and ...

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

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

Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species ...

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

a further advantage being that they can be genetically manipulated to make more suitable donor 'transgenic' pigs. “Medicine is on the verge of its next great revolution — xenotransplantation ...

A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, ...

Just the other day, at lunch with seven of my 70-year-old undergrad college chums, I silently compared my life to theirs.

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 ...