A Chinese patient is the third person in the world known to be living with a gene-edited pig kidney. The same research team also reported an experiment implanting a pig liver into a brain-dead person.

So he's closely watching for a chance at pig kidney research. "It may not work, and I have to be OK with that,” Berrios said. “I think it’s worth the shot.” Now two U.S. companies aim to ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing Hospital in China say a pig kidney transplant recipient continues to recover ...

A pig organ may be a good fit in this situation ... Because we need more work like this,” Shah said of the new research. Incremental steps help doctors get a step closer to fulfilling the ...

The first of the GM pigs was born 31/2 years ago, but the scientists are only now reporting their research. No details of how the meat might be healthier were given by the scientists, but experts ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy ... s grateful for the opportunity she had to participate in the research. “For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with ...

The pig liver could survive together with the original liver of the human being and maybe it will give it additional support.’ He also expressed a desire to conduct further research on living ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had ... doctors for "the opportunity to be part of this incredible research." Although doctors now have her back on dialysis ...

Towana Looney's transplanted pig kidney was removed after 130 days ... been given the opportunity to be part of this incredible research," Looney said in the statement released by the hospital.

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development.