The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure. The man’s own liver had irreversible scarring caused by a hepatitis B infection and liver cancer. As a result, he was ...

A human model of immune-driven liver injury Some drugs that pass early safety testing can still cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (iDILI)—a rare immune reaction that can lead to severe ...

The liver came from a genetically modified cloned pig with ten gene edits. Pexels For the first time, surgeons have grafted part of a liver from a genetically modified pig onto a human patient’s organ ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into a person with cancer. Surgeons reported that the transplanted section of ...

The liver transplant, carried out 171 days before the patient died, holds great possibilities for the future of hepatology. (Envato Elements pic) The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half ...

In a groundbreaking first, doctors transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living patient, marking a significant advancement in xenotransplantation. The modified organ functioned for ...

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The liver performed key bodily functions, proving that pig organs can temporarily support human life, though serious complications eventually arose. In what researchers are calling a "landmark" in ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later. By Roni Caryn Rabin ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...