A groundbreaking medical milestone was achieved with the first successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human. The 71-year-old recipient survived for nearly six ...

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more ...

Liver diseases are on the rise, leading to about 2 million deaths each year globally, according to 2023 data. This is about 4 ...

“We have known [for a long time] that the liver will regenerate after injury,” biologist Udayan Apte, associate director of the University of Kansas Liver Center, tells Inverse. “We know now [from ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the ...

Salk Institute scientists discovered that bile acids in the liver can weaken immune cell function, making immunotherapy less effective against liver cancer. They pinpointed specific bile acids that ...

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used ...

A groundbreaking pig liver transplant in China saw a 71-year-old patient survive 171 days, with the pig organ providing crucial temporary support. Th ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...