On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Dave Ayares, President ...

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 ...

A PIG kidney was given to a man in a world first animal-to-human transplant in 2024. uffered from type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as well as end-stage kidney disease.

The result of their work is a collection of stories, photos and videos, with text editing support from Stephanie Nano, that focused on the significance of the pig-to-human transplant. The accompanying ...

1. There are 11 native British pig breeds and all of them are at risk of extinction according to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Most pork and bacon comes from cross-bred hybrid pigs which started ...