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The liver: A crucial organ often neglected
The liver is one of the most important parts of the human body and is located in the right upper part of the abdomen. Over 500 functions of the body are carried out by the liver. Sadly ...
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Gene-edited pig liver functions 10 days in human, marking a medical breakthrough
The surgery was done at the Xijing hospital in Xi’an. “This is the first time we tried to unravel whether the pig liver could ...
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A Gene-Edited Pig Liver Was Hooked to a Human for 10 Days and It Actually Worked
What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...
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Scientists Transplant a Gene-Edited Pig Liver Into a Person
“The heart functions as a pump to pump blood to the whole human body, and the major function of the kidney is to produce urine,” he said. “However, the liver has so many functions. It has ...
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Experimental transplant of gene-edited pig liver into human offers hope for new frontier of research
(CNN) — 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 ...