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 ...

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Researchers in China have carried out the first transplant of a pig liver, genetically modified to prevent immune rejection, into a brain-dead human patient. The transplant functioned for 10 days ...

The Xijing team also carried out the first pig-to-monkey liver transplant in 2013. Rafael Matesanz, founder of the National Transplant Organisation in Spain, said: “This is the world’s first ...

Surgeons have carried out the world's first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to ...

Eddie the pig was adopted by Sarah Haynes a few years ago. She adopted him from a local pig rescue after he was found running ...