Facing a shortage of organs needed by tens of thousands of patients, scientists have been studying pig organs as a potential ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

Findings also confirmed that a pig kidney can effectively serve as a replacement for a human kidney. Researchers have ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon. Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which can make them a dangerous "mixing bowl." Flu season can also heighten the ...

Multiomics analysis of immune rejection of a pig kidney transplanted into a human decedent uncovers key antibody and T cell responses.

Scientists have kept a genetically modified pig kidney working inside a brain-dead man for 61 days – and successfully ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with bioethicist and professor at Lehigh University, Michael Gusmano, about the ethics of using cloned, genetically modified pigs for human organ transplants. Like a page ...

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and Minnesota researchers think pigs could help them. Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create ...

A pig-to-human transplant center is being built in Minnesota, local media has reported. United Therapeutics, a U.S. biotech company, has purchased 32 acres of land in Stewartville for $4.5 million to ...