That must have been one heck of a toothy smile—imagine regular pig teeth growing next to bioengineered human-ish ones. After ...
Researchers say they are one step closer to tooth regeneration in humans thanks to new developments in growing bioengineered ...
Towana Looney became the first longest-living person with an animal transplant specifically a pig kidney to make it over the ...
Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...
The US recently approved clinical trials for pig kidney transplants, opening the door to the potential use of other organs ...
Tufts University researchers took material from human and pig teeth and were able to grow a tooth-like structure. They hope ...
R esearchers have developed a way to grow human-sized tooth-like tissues in the mouths of pigs – this may be a lot to chew on ...
More recently, early-stage human kidneys have even been grown in pig bellies. The world of bioengineering isn’t for the faint of heart. Much of this tinkering is done in the service of one day ...
The idea of using pig organs in humans is not new — one of the first recorded instances was in 1838, when a doctor transplanted a pig cornea into a human in an unsuccessful attempt to fix their ...
Toronto Zoo officials say they believe “human error” played a role in the death of a Sulawesi babirusa over the weekend. The ...
The FDA has approved the first clinical trial of pig kidney transplants in humans, marking a breakthrough in addressing organ ...