Over the past several months, a small number of patients have received genetically modified pig kidneys. Three of the four procedures were performed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.

The first ever transplantation of a pig's liver into a living person helps us better understand how animal organs can be used ...

WASHINGTON — A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human lives.

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

The patient lived with part of a pig liver for 38 days before surgeons removed it, surviving 171 total days after the ...

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more ...

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For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait years for a match that never comes. Incompatibility of blood type is one of ...

In a remarkable advancement in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) successfully performed a kidney transplant from a genetically edited pig to a human ...