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

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Genetically modified pigs with human-compatible organs offer a potential solution to the organ shortage crisis, with ongoing research focusing on modifying pig organs to reduce rejection and improve ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

Many patients with organ failure, tethered to a dialysis machine four hours every other day, see in these small pigs hope for ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone on Jan. 25 to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States.

The device, to be tested in more people, could be used as a temporary measure for those waiting for a donor organ.

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 ...