And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

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

What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry animal memories to human recipients.

Pig organs might help relieve the pressure. More than 100,000 Americans sit on organ transplant lists. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Additional edits to pig organs or progress in tolerance medicine might make long-term immunosuppression unnecessary. “You’ll ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. People worried ...

Some experts are concerned that, as things stand, the risks of pig-organ transplants may outweigh the benefits. "There's a lot of hope, but hope is not scientific evidence," L. Syd M Johnson, ...

FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure. The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who ...

This push to make pig organs viable for humans also comes with enormous ethical implications — from concerns surrounding the use of humans in an experimental procedure that they’re highly ...

Patients are driving the quest for pig organ transplants. Back in 2022, Griffith had a hard time figuring out how to ask a dying patient if he’d consider undergoing the world’s first ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The calls and emails started coming into NYU Langone Health and Massachusetts General Hospital soon after doctors began experimenting with pig organs in humans. People ...