An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

The pig liver produced far smaller amounts of bile and albumin than a human liver could achieve, Lin said. More research is needed—including studying the pig liver for more than 10 days, he added.

Surgeons have carried out the world's first liver transplant from a pig into a human recipient. The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to ...

suis," his doctors concluded. They noted that it is possible the dog and goats on the farm where the man lived also could have picked up the infection from pigs and passed it on to him.

The big picture: Roasting pork for Christmas and other holidays is a staple of Miami's Cuban community. The tradition typically involves slow-cooking a whole pig (or a pork shoulder) in a caja ...

The first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human was undertaken by Chinese researchers last year, according to a new, peer-reviewed study. The patient was clinically brain ...

The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations. By Alissa Wilkinson Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action ...

including The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996). The aforementioned films were directed by Jim Henson’s son, Brian Henson. The Muppets eventually made their way ...