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.

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

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

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure.

And the resulting pig liver was hooked up to a perfusion machine that pumped blood between a brain-dead patient and the pig liver.

A pig liver has been successfully transplanted into a human for the first time. Scientists say pig livers could eventually be used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human donor ...

Human receives pig’s liver transplant for first time Researchers hope the organ could be used as a possible future treatment for patients with liver failure ...

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

A novel technique in which a pig liver successfully filtered the blood when attached to a brain-dead human, could hold the key to treating liver failure in the future.

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.