Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species to another—in his case, from pigs to humans.

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time ... including transplanting a pig’s heart into a man and a woman currently living with a pig’s kidney.

Pigs are promising sources of organs, but the human immune system rejects transplanted ... organs from pigs into monkeys, including a pig heart, kidney, cornea, and bone. The group also performed ...