ANHUI, CHINA: In a groundbreaking medical milestone, doctors in China have reported that a 71-year-old patient survived for 171 days following a genetically modified pig liver transplant, marking the ...

In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for almost half a year. The 71-year-old man's own liver was irreversibly scarred by ...

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Transplanting organs from non-human animals into people could revolutionise medicine, potentially saving thousands of lives that are lost while people wait for organs. Scientists have previously ...

A new study in the Journal of Hepatology reports on an auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient. The patient survived for 171 days, offering ...

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure. The man’s own liver had irreversible scarring ...

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