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.

Massachusetts-based researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However ...

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the ... the first pig-to-monkey liver transplant. Previous studies into kidney and heart transplants from pigs to humans have also ...

An Alabama woman had her pig kidney transplant removed at NYU Langone Health and is back on dialysis after having it in place ...

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

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 ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...