A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...
Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results. By Roni Caryn Rabin Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to ...
The first lab-grown oesophagus has been engineered by scientists from a pig and could be transplanted into babies within five years. About 180 children are born each year without a food pipe and need ...