In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

Transplanting an animal organ into a human is now a closer reality following the successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient diagnosed with brain death in China.

A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic ...

Chinese doctors implant pig liver in human for first time Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, ...

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally for the duration of the ...

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Biotechnology firm eGenesis, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration in December 2024 for three pig kidney xenotransplantations under a ...

Peppa Pig will soon become an elder sister as her family is expecting a new baby in June 2025. Mummy Pig shared the news that they are excited but overwhelmed to welcome the third child.

Transplantations of pig hearts into living patients, and of pig kidneys into brain-dead recipients have made recent headlines. Safely transplanting organs from animals into humans happens in multiple ...

My job, like many of yours, demands more from my brain than it is biologically capable of. The philosophical argument that phones, the internet, and AI tools are extensions of our minds Why humans ...

Scientists at UBC have discovered a new type of brain cell, called ovoid cells, which play a key role in object recognition memory. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for memory-related ...