Scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human for the first time, raising hopes this could one day become a routine procedure. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical ...

Research by Takebe et al. demonstrated that vascularised liver organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) ...

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) represents a life-threatening condition marked by rapid deterioration of liver function, often ...

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 ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) represents a life-threatening condition marked by rapid deterioration of liver function, often necessitating urgent liver ...

Rerouting a person’s blood through an external pig liver for even a few days could restore function and buy time, says transplant surgeon Abraham Shaked of the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

In experiments with four deceased bodies, that “bridge” attempt showed the pig liver could support some functions of a human liver for two or three days, said Mike Curtis, CEO of Massachusetts ...

It also generated fat-carrying cholesterol. For its detoxification functions, the liver also needs to produce certain enzymes including CYP 1A2 and CYP 3A4 -- which this tiny organ precursor also did.