After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Scientists believe humans may be able to regrow lost teeth at some point in the next five years. Not only that, they also say humans have a third set of ...

At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who ...

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.

For the first time, researchers developed stem cell-derived pig retinal cells in comparison with human retinal cells, ...

Researchers developed pig retinal organoids similar to human ones, advancing stem cell-based vision restoration and enabling ...

Since human cells are not compatible in other species and are quickly rejected when transplanted, it's difficult to assess their potential. Pig and human retinas share many key features ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain. Genetically modified ...

That's why doctors and researchers have turned to non-human organs to make up for the shortfall. In March 2024 doctors performed the first ever transplant of a modified pig kidney into a living human.