If you’ve been to the Orange County Fair, you might have seen cute piglets chasing each other around a track. The All-Alaskan ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level ...

PIC's gene-edited pigs are highly resistant to one of the most harmful viruses affecting pig populations worldwide today.

Correction 17 April 2025 Pig livers for people: US regulator greenlights first safety trial Four people with liver failure will be connected to an external organ from genetically modified pigs.

A multidisciplinary team from China has successfully transplanted a gene-modified pig liver into a human recipient diagnosed with brain death. During a 10-day observation period, the porcine liver ...

How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science desk of The New York Times, looks at the ...

The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a long wait for human organ transplants.

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

A biotechnology company, United Therapeutics, has revealed plans to build a 22-acre facility in the East Houston area to breed genetically modified pigs.

Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients.

Three people in the US received a genetically modified pig kidney in 2024, marking another step towards animal-to-human organ transplants becoming routine ...