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

The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

One month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient with end-stage heart disease, doctors say the heart is functioning on its own and shows ...

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig did not die due to his body rejecting the organ, according to doctors at the University of Maryland. Instead, doctors said the heart failed ...

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

WASHINGTON — Surgeons have transplanted a pig's heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was ...