What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry ...

Creating so-called human–animal chimaeras could help address the global shortage of transplantable organs by generating ...

Researchers have reported growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos for the first time. The embryos survived for ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have successfully grown tiny human hearts in pig embryos that survived up to 21 ...

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists ...

For the first time, researchers in China have developed hearts containing human cells inside pig embryos.

Sanjay Gupta’ s“ Animal Pharm” documentary on CNN on May 18 about genetically engineering and cloning pigs to be organ donors for people needing a new heart, liver or kidney. DEAR B.K.: I wrote about ...

Chinese researchers are preparing the details for the publication of another scientific milestone, the creation of a chimera ...

A Concord man who is the recipient of a pig kidney threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Red Sox game Wednesday night.

An organ transplant preservation device for livers and kidneys, developed by OrganOx out of research from the University of Oxford, is up for ...

The man is accused of leaving behind a debtor's note and a plastic bag containing a pig head, liver, and pork skin at the ...