A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.

Biotech company eGenesis recently announced its implanted a pig ... This animal-to-human organ transplant, or xenotransplant, was made possible through advancements in gene-editing and cloning.

A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig ... animal-to-human organ transplant, or xenotransplant, was made possible through advancements in gene-editing and cloning.

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

CD40L is an attractive drug development target for transplant ... organs from these animals possible. Makana’s focus on scientifically validated genetics, optimized pig cloning techniques ...

An initiative by Revivicor Inc. has the potential to revolutionize organ transplants to ... to ethical norms and ensure animal welfare. According to David Ayares of Revivicor Inc., who has spent ...

So why not take a look at the animals themselves? Biotechnological tools, such as nucleases (enzymes) like Crispr/Cas, are increasingly being used to genetically modify pigs so that they produce ...

marking a landmark episode of kidney transplants from sheep and pigs to human recipients. Remarkably, there were instances of sheep blood transfusions into humans more than two centuries before this ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be ...