While jumping between species carries the risk of a freak mutation, experts are particularly concerned about the virus getting into one population: pigs. Pigs have the same receptors on their ...
Pigs are also similar to humans in organ size, along with other anatomical and physiological characteristics, and in their genetics. However, generating mutations with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea and ...
International scientists said on Wednesday that they have come up with a reverse genetics system to aid the development of ...
In a study published in Nature, the group describes transplanting a gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead patient. At the ...
A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.
We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they ...