Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species to another—in his case, from pigs to humans.

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

The device, to be tested in more people, could be used as a temporary measure for those waiting for a donor organ.

Many patients with organ failure, tethered to a dialysis machine four hours every other day, see in these small pigs hope for a return to normal life.

March 25, 2025 expert reaction to study on first pig-to-human liver transplantation . A study published in Nature looks at a genetically modified pig-to-human liver transplantatio ...

The patient, an Australian man in his 40s, lived with his fully functional heart implant long enough to be discharged from ...

It's early days for xenotransplantation, but eGenesis, Eledon, United Therapeutics and more are working to develop solutions ...

surgeons at Mass General performed the first-ever pig kidney transplant in a living human, 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Weymouth. Slayman’s recovery began well, but he died of heart problems ...

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a pig heart transplant have found the organ harbored an animal virus. House passes bill banning Russian oil imports to US ...

Now the first such transplant has been completed at Montefiore. Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2022 Pig Heart Transplants and the Ethical Challenges That Lie Ahead Being maintained in a brain ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...