Treatment options are limited for those with sudden liver failure and the condition has a death rate as high as 50%.

The FDA will allow a trial of gene-edited pig livers as a dialysis-like treatment for people with sudden liver failure. (AP) ...

The FDA has cleared the first clinical trial to test genetically engineered pig livers in patients who have acute-on-chronic liver failure. The trial will evaluate the use of a Egenesis porcine liver ...

The new study will attach the pig liver to up to 20 patients in a bid to give their own livers time to regenerate. View on ...

U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of ...

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Transplanting an animal organ into a human is now a closer reality following the successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient diagnosed with brain death in China.

Don’t let the memories of school dinners turn you away – this organ meat is packed with micronutrients and is delicious when cooked right ...

Transplantation of a gene-modified pig liver to a person diagnosed with brain death was carried out to evaluate the performance of the transplanted organ over a 10-day observation period.

Wang and his team are also testing pig livers. In a study published March 26 in the journal Nature, they reported implanting a pig liver into a brain-dead person. The liver survived for 10 days ...