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 ...

Researchers are developing functional, patient-specific livers using 3D bioprinting and stem cell technology to eliminate the ...

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 ...

The majority of human illnesses is caused by damage of a single organ like the liver whose failure accounts for 2M deaths worldwide every year. Orthotopic transplants are the only curative therapy ...

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 ...

The funding, part of a new ARPA-H bioprinting initiative, aims to create transplant-ready organs—potentially within ...

A team of researchers led by bioengineer Shaochen Chen will use 3D printing techniques to shape stem cells produced by local firm Allele Biotechnology ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants — with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be useful ...

Scientists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and their collaborators have used human stem cells to develop liver organoids that faithfully replicate key zones observed in human livers ...