Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animals organs really might save human ...

A New Hampshire man received a successful pig kidney transplant in June, a biotech company announced Monday.Bill Stewart, 54, received the kidney on June 14. He was discharged from Massachusetts ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort ...

A man in China became the first recipient of a pig lung. The genetically modified pig organ was transplanted into the 39-year-old, according to an Aug. 26 report by the journal Nature. The procedure ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited pig organs can bridge the gap. Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital ...