A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the investigation with no signs of rejection. For 10 days, the liver performed its basic ...

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 ...

"At one level, it shows that we have taken a significant step forward at growing liver tissue in the lab that accurately mimic human liver function. While human liver organoid transplantation remains ...

Scientists have found a way to fine-tune a central fat-control pathway in the liver, reducing harmful blood triglycerides ...

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 ...

The human liver plays a pivotal role in drug metabolism, largely attributable to the diverse family of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) that catalyse glucuronidation reactions. This conjugation ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are generally healthy, your body does not need a reset as the liver works best with time and consistency, meaning fewer repeated stresses and enough recovery time to heal and function properly ...