A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Pigs have emerged as the best animal organ donors, with several living patients in the United States having received pig kidneys or hearts in the last few years. Livers have proved trickier — and had ...

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

Pigs have emerged as the best animal organ donors, with several living patients in the United States having received pig kidneys or hearts in the last few years. Livers have proved trickier—and ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

The operation used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by ...

Soldiers take part in China's annual national commemoration event for human organ donation in Shenyang, Northeast China's ...

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

A successful pig liver transplant would be a major advance for people with acute liver failure, even as a temporary bridge while awaiting a human donor organ. By the time most of these patients make ...