When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose ...

Although the setup required to accomplish this feat is currently complicated, this finding could provide more understanding ...

A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help people whose own livers have suddenly stopped working.

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

FDA approves first human trial to transplant pig livers, offering hope for patients with severe liver failure.

Many don't qualify for a liver transplant or can't get a match in time. The new study, which is expected to get underway later this spring, is a twist on the quest for animal-to-human organ ...

Pigs’ organs are similar to humans’, and the speed of pigs’ reproduction means their organs can be procured quickly. Scientists can edit the genes of the pig to reduce the risk that a human ...

The guinea pig has long been used for studies in developmental biology and is very similar to humans in terms of general physiology. It is also the only small animal that, in females, goes through a ...

Transplanting an animal organ into a human is now a closer reality following the successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified pig liver into a patient diagnosed with brain death in China.

The first transplant of a pig's liver into a human recipient has been carried out by scientists ... Matesanz said the procedure was "successful for its intended purpose" and that similar transplants ...

“You can use it as a bridge until a human liver is available for transplant ... Massachusetts General Hospital performed similar experiments with pig kidneys. And earlier this year, scientists ...

Pigs have long been a tantalizing source of transplants because their organs are so similar to humans ... the size of an adult human heart. Other organs from pigs being researched for transplantation ...