The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...

As chronic liver disease becomes more widespread, researchers at Science Tokyo have developed a lab-grown organoid that ...

A groundbreaking medical milestone was achieved with the first successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig ...

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more ...

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, ...

A human liver deemed not viable for transplant has been repaired by an innovative perfusion machine and subsequently transplanted into a patient who continues to do well a year after the ...

In a world-first, Chinese researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human, ...

The first successful in-patient trial of liver dialysis has been completed by researchers from UCL, the Royal Free Hospital, UCL spin-out Yaqrit and their collaborators. The DIALIVE device, invented ...