The pig is genetically engineered to remove a sugar found on the surface of cells in many animals. The sugar, called alpha-gal ... to make the animal organs acceptable for transplant into humans.

PPL says the next stage is to create “knock-out” pigs, in which the gene for α-1-3 gal ... transplant rejection. PPL says it hopes to begin clinical trials for xenotransplantation of pig ...

But where does organ transplantation come in? There aren't enough donated human organs to go around so researchers are trying to use organs from pigs instead — and that same alpha-gal sugar is a big ...

Organs and tissues ... We confirmed that the recipient sow’s ovaries met the transplantation requirements. The reconstructed embryos were surgically transferred into the pig oviducts. A small piece of ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

Mass General Brigham has announced the successful completion of another gene-edited pig kidney transplant, the first of a ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.

An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently ... of using animals as donors for human organs is known as xenotransplantation, and ...

A US woman has become the world's longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, after living healthily with her new kidney for 61 days. Towana Looney, 53, received the experimental organ in ...