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.

The pigs whose organs were used for transplant have gene edits to make them less likely to be rejected by the human immune system ... only one of the deaths – heart transplant patient Lawrence ...

Pig heart valves have been used as replacements ... One of the added human genes causes the pigs to produce an immune system-moderating protein called CD46. More people need a kidney than any ...

Pigs are promising sources of organs, but the human immune system rejects transplanted pig ... including a pig heart, kidney, cornea, and bone. The group also performed a skin transplant using ...