From heat to invasive species, hardy heritage animal breeds can handle weather extremes that commercial breeds would be ...

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development.

Filthy farms and markets brimming with sick, distressed animals could be hotspots for the emergence of deadly new viruses that might be transmitted from animals to humans. Top health experts have ...

Pigs vary quite a bit in appearance and size, depending on their species and breed. All pigs, regardless of their type, tend to be bulky in the body with short legs and large snouts. They come in ...

A recent study has revealed the presence of a rare parasite called Sarcocystis miescheriana in a domestic pig in central Poland. The finding has captured attention because it involved cysts large ...

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists in China, according to a new study. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xian, in ...

On the morning of March 10, 2024, in an operating room in Xi’an, China, surgeons connected a living human body to a gene-edited pig liver. A brain-dead patient, with his family’s consent ...

Routine pig-human organ transplants are years away ... you still need someone who will breed them and do it to scale,” he said. — Reporting for Reuters by Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Hirtzer in ...

Spores in those are infectious for up to three weeks if ingested by mammals, including humans and farm pigs. Humans can be infected by direct exposure or by consuming undercooked meat (for example ...

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...

Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time on Wednesday (local time). This groundbreaking procedure is seen ...