The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

However, the Chinese team’s success with pigs hints at extending ... for cardiac arrest victims. Could the liver become a cornerstone of resuscitation science? While the idea seems almost ...

Doctors in Northwest China have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver fully into a human body, achieving what they say is a major breakthrough in xenotransplantation.

Only four other Americans have received transplants of gene-edited pig organs and none lived for more than two months. Towana ...

China has successfully performed the world's first gene-edited pig xenotransplantation surgery for whole liver transplantation in a brain-dead patient, achieving the complete replacement of a ...