A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...

Guinea pigs are among the most popular pets, partly because they are easy to keep and quickly become trusting. Unfortunately, these rodents can also die suddenly. PETBOOK explains how this can happen.

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.

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

Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics has scored a regulatory green light to start clinical trials for its genetically modified pig kidneys to be transplanted into humans. It's as significant for the ...

Organ meats might not be on your culinary radar quite yet if you don't come from a culture that routinely eats them. But that ...

The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...