Liver disease patients dramatically improve thanks to new approach
Damaged human livers can repair themselves. Even livers badly scarred from excessive alcohol use, including alcohol-related ...
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U.S. Burden of Liver Disease; Active IBD and Pregnancy; All-Cause Mortality in MASLD
In 2021, liver disease led to 2.7 million emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S., 2 million hospitalizations, and ...
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Ten days of normal survival of a pig liver in a human being
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.
Scientists Transplant a Gene-Edited Pig Liver Into a Person
The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from ...
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Gene-edited pig liver functions 10 days in human, marking a medical breakthrough
Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief ...
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First-Ever Pig Liver Successfully Transplanted Into Human Body — A Revolution in Transplant Science
A genetically modified porcine liver has been successfully transplanted into a human subject, constituting a historic ...
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Geographic Inequities Persist in US Liver Transplant System
Critically ill candidates with chronic end-stage liver disease placed on waiting lists at centers in less populated areas had ...