It is believed that the liver produces back-up energy molecules called 'ketone bodies' which protect the brain from injury. While the technique has only been used in pigs so far, the researchers ...
Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure.
One group also had a healthy pig’s liver incorporated into the life support system in a technique known as normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). This machine keeps organs at a normal temperature ...
In January this year, eGenesis announced that it had conducted a study in which a genetically engineered pig liver was connected to a brain dead person. The company said no rejection was observed ...
All of the pigs had blood flow to their brains stopped, but some were hooked up to a life support system that kept their liver’s circulation going. The scientists then tried to revive the pigs ...