Liver failure is one of the most serious and deadly medical conditions, claiming thousands of lives each year as patients in ...

A major medical milestone has been reached with the successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human. The case, reported in the Journal of Hepatology, marks the ...

Human periportal assembloid, showcasing the three key cell types of the liver: portal fibroblasts (magenta), cholangiocytes (green), and hepatocyte nuclei (blue). All cell borders are delineated in ...

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in collaboration with Roche, have developed a next-generation human liver organoid microarray platform that could help predict which drugs ...

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for an extended period. The graft supported essential liver processes before ...

Doctors have now used a gene-edited pig liver to keep a human alive, not as a thought experiment in a lab but as a real bridge for a failing organ. The procedure signals a turning point in transplant ...