A pig gave birth to a “mutant” piglet that let out a cry that resembled that of a human child. The “human-like” piglet was the fourth in a litter of eight. None of its siblings are ...

Pigs are mixing bowls for bird flu and human flu viruses, increasing the risk of mutations that help H5N1 spread to humans. It's still not inevitable. Bird flu was detected in a pig, ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

The Pig-A gene plays a pivotal role in the biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors, which tether a multitude of proteins to the cell surface. Mutations in this X‐linked gene ...

Who’s up for some CRISPR-y bacon? This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved gene-edited pigs developed by PIC, a biotechnology company specializing in livestock genetics, for human ...

Pigs are mixing bowls for bird flu and human flu viruses, increasing the risk of mutations that help H5N1 spread to humans. It's still not inevitable.