In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human body—at least for a short while.

A research team from Bochum and Hannover shows that the hepatitis E virus also attacks organs other than the liver.

Your liver and kidneys are critically involved in many important processes across your body. From breaking down old blood cells, promoting blood clotting, breaking down fats into energy, and ...

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time by Chinese scientists. Surgeons have grafted hearts and kidneys before but not proven success with a liver, which is a ...

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 ...

People in the United States who have HIV and need kidney or liver transplants can now receive organs from donors who also have HIV without having to be part of a research study. A new federal rule ...