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 ...

The pig liver produced far smaller amounts of bile and albumin than a human liver could achieve, Lin said. More research is needed—including studying the pig liver for more than 10 days, he added.

Only one of roughly 400 parrot species can't fly—the kakapo. It's not due to injury or laziness. These birds evolved on predator-free islands and never needed wings for escape.

When Orrawan Khansamree and her husband decided to visit Shanghai this month, the couple wanted to see one place above all - and it was not any of the city’s historic landmarks. “We’re ...