Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

First gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a brain-dead person In a medical first, a research team in China has successfully stitched a CRISPR gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead patient ...

Church and his colleagues used CRISPR/Cas9 to inactivate 62 of the pig’s endogenous retroviruses in embryos. In a separate set of pig embryos, the team modified genes coding for the cell membrane ...

To solve the problem of hyperacute rejection, companies such as eGenesis and United Therapeutics have used the ...

In experiments, scientists have also used CRISPR to rid pigs of the viruses that prevent their organs from being transplanted into humans. Ecologists are exploring ways for the technology to help ...

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

The milestone in xenotransplantation – cross-species transplants – relied on cutting-edge biotechnologies, including the use of CRISPR gene editing to remove harmful pig genes and add certain ...