A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘milestone’ for organ transfers between animals and people. Scientists in China used a liver taken from a seven-month ...

Liver failure is one of the most serious and deadly medical conditions, claiming thousands of lives each year as patients in ...

Amsterdam, October 9, 2025 – An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world’s first auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully connected a functioning liver from a genetically modified pig to a human body.* In a step toward testing the procedure in living people, a team at the ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and ...

In the past year, doctors have performed history-making transplants, placing genetically modified pig kidneys and pig hearts into patients. Now, a group of doctors and scientists in China report they ...

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, and ...

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for an extended period. The graft supported essential liver processes before ...

Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have helped to understand liver biology, they often fail to accurately ...

Of all the organs, the liver is most susceptible to drug toxicity. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a leading cause of drug attrition, with over 750 FDA-approved drugs known to have a level of DILI ...

Human periportal assembloid, showcasing the three key cell types of the liver: portal fibroblasts (magenta), cholangiocytes (green), and hepatocyte nuclei (blue). All cell borders are delineated in ...