At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

More than 220,000 people have been trafficked to Southeast Asia and forced to scam people around the world. Funding cuts to ...

The pig organs used for transplant come from animals that are gene-edited to make their organs less likely to be rejected by ...

Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported ... organ function for more than six months, a benchmark for long-term survival. The researchers from Xijing Hospital ...

Due their small size, intelligent nature, and endearing personalities miniature pigs have become a serious pet option for ...

Are you thinking of adopting a micro pig? Because of their small size, intelligent nature, and endearing personalities ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

In this pilot study, we used this technique to transfer the human multidrug resistance 1 gene ... derived cells to hematopoiesis. The level of long-term engraftment of retrovirally transduced ...

Toronto Zoo officials say they believe “human error” played a role in the ... a 17-year-old “deer pig” whose species is native to Indonesia and considered vulnerable, suffered a fatal ...