AI-trained robot surgeons have successfully performed complex operations on pig organs without human help—paving the way for ...

A surgical robot has successfully removed pig gallbladders in a lab setting without any hands-on help during the actual ...

Researchers have hoped that using organs from pigs would address the shortage of human organs available for transplant. Right now, more than 100,000 people are waiting on organ transplant lists ...

Scientists are optimistic that gene-edited animals could provide a new source of organs for transplantation. Pig organs modified to minimize rejection are now being tested in humans.

The kidney, which came from a genetically altered pig, worked normally and showed no signs of rejection. It's seen as a significant step toward using animal organs for life-saving transplants.

The need for transplant organs is immense and growing. Some scientists think animal organs might be a good way to increase the supply. Advances in cloning and gene editing have led to breakthroughs.

Its scientists are also slipping into the pig ova up to 12 human genes “to make the pig organs more human-like,” Yang said in an interview. One gene, she said, ...

Pig organs could alleviate the transplant shortage. Montgomery, who himself received a human heart transplant in 2018, knows there's a lot more work to be done to see if this will work for Looney ...

All four patients who received pig organs to replace their diseased organs have now died, though researchers involved in these transplants say they will keep trying to improve this alternative ...

Pig organs might help relieve the pressure. More than 100,000 Americans sit on organ transplant lists. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Researchers have hoped that using organs from pigs would address the shortage of human organs available for transplant. Right now, more than 100,000 people are waiting on organ transplant lists ...

Pig organs have succeeded in nonhuman primates—notably for a baboon that lived for more than two years after receiving a genetically modified pig heart—and he says the flurry of recent human ...