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For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...
Looney's transplant was part of a larger effort to provide genetically engineered pig organs to help solve the human organ shortage. A handful of other patients have received pig kidneys and hearts.
Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies ... Their bodies are so small that some of their organs — including parts of the gut and reproductive systems — are ...
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...
Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.