The first person to receive a genetically modified pig's heart has died two months after the groundbreaking operation, the ...

When Mary Shelley publishedFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in 1818, she wasn’t just writing a gothic horror novel—she ...

As researchers get closer to making pig kidney transplants work in humans, patients in need of donations have new hope.

In A Nutshell • A pig kidney with just one genetic modification functioned in a human for 61 days before being removed as ...

Findings also confirmed that a pig kidney can effectively serve as a replacement for a human kidney. Researchers have ...

Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to ...

Doctors at NYU Langone Health say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants ...

In two studies published Thursday, researchers discovered why transplanted pig organs were being rejected from human patients and how to reverse it.

Porcine kidney connected to the normothermic perfusion machine. This device allows the kidney to be preserved alive and oxygenated ex vivo (outside the body).Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia ...

A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborating with the Biomedical Research Institute of A Coruña (INIBIC), as well as other international research ...

A New Hampshire man who lived with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days is resuming dialysis, doctors said Monday. Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because of its declining ...

RIDE awards $6.5 million in grants to improve student literacy The Rhode Island Department of Education is awarding $6.5 million in grants to improve literacy statewide. NBC News: Trump administration ...