Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that can be treated with medications. The lack of a single, specific diagnostic ...

Damaged human livers can repair themselves. Even livers badly scarred from excessive alcohol use, including alcohol-related ...

Study author Professor Lin Wang said: “The liver collected from the modified pig functioned very well in the human body. It's a great achievement. “This surgery was really successful.” ...

Damaged human livers can repair themselves. Even livers badly scarred from excessive alcohol use, including alcohol-related ...

The HVJ liposome solution (20 mg or 40 mg of encapsulated DNA of human HGF cDNA) or PBS was injected into the muscles once a week after the development of liver cirrhosis. Human HGF in serum was ...

Doctors could potentially use the pig liver as bridge until a human liver is available or the patient’s liver has recovered, Lin Wang, a surgeon at Xijing hospital in Xi-an, China, said in a ...

Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Risk of Developing Complications of Liver Disease in Patients With Cirrhosis and Obesity Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver ...

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 ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...