A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

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 ...

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

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Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that lived more than 1.1 million years ago, according to new research.

The CTO regulations apply only to human cells, tissues and organs that are to be used in transplantation. Cells, tissues and organs donated for different purposes, such as for education or ...