Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...

A groundbreaking medical milestone was achieved with the first successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig ...

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more ...

The Japanese startup PorMedTec plans to open a farm by 2027 to raise cloned pigs for organ transplantation. PorMedTec, ...

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and Minnesota researchers think pigs could help them. Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

(CNN) — About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say ...

Mr Andrews contacted the medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH) that had carried out the operation. On January ...

Researchers have carried out complex genetic analyses of hundreds of pigs and humans to identify differences and similarities. This new knowledge can be used to ensure healthier pigs for farmers and ...

Mr Andrews contacted the medical team at Mass General Hospital ( MGH), the hospital in Massachusetts that had carried out the ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a pig kidney from a New Hampshire man 271 days after the innovative ...