On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Dave Ayares, President ...

A pig liver has been successfully transplanted into a human for the first time. Scientists say pig livers could eventually be used to keep people alive while they await a suitable human donor ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...