A study shows that genetically engineered pig livers can sustain essential liver functions in humans. A groundbreaking study ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...

In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for ...

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world's first auxiliary liver ...

A new study in the Journal of Hepatology reports on an auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a ...

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been modified for certain ...

Regulators are supposed to abide by society's “bargain” with them: Civil servants are granted lifetime tenure and protected from political pressure and retaliation, and in return, they are supposed to ...

Genetically engineered humans may still sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the quest to create genetically modified babies is getting a reboot. NPR's health correspondent Rob Stein brings us ...

The mega-ethical question of who and what is a human being is brought to one’s mind with increasing frequency by the accelerating advances in scientific technology. As human beings increasingly apply ...

The global conservation community is debating whether to ban the release of genetically modified organisms into the wild.