In the first few instances, this medical feat has already been achieved - at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals ...

Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...

Alabama woman becomes longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant, defying expectations and paving the way for future xenotransplantation.

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort pa ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the US. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney ...

The lab of Dr. Mark Magnuson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt ...

Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...

For the second time, Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human.

What Is an Inflamed Liver? Inflammation is the body's way to heal an injury or damaged cells. In the liver, this injury can be caused by many things, including an infection, toxins, or the buildup ...

The ability to engineer specific human mutations into the swine genome is critical for accurately modeling cancer in the pig. While gene-targeting with either rAAV or other vectors has the ability to ...

Accurately understanding the dielectric properties of active human tissues holds significant value for disease ... properties in NaCl solutions of varying concentrations and pig liver tissues ...

This year provides a careful mix between emphasizing inward development and creating significant outside relationships—both of which are absolutely vital for the Pig's success and happiness.