A look at the human-pig hybrid experiment and its implications.

Spanish scientists have successfully combined human kidney organoids with pig kidneys and transplanted them back into the same animal, therefore creating the world’s first functional human-pig hybrid ...

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 ...

A pioneering technology has been developed that enables human kidney organoids to be produced in a scalable manner by allowing the organoids to be combined with ex vivo pig kidneys and then ...

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team headed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD ...

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 ...

Only 10% of people around the world who need organ transplants actually end up receiving them, due to a shortage of suitable donors and extremely complicated logistics. Some scientists have therefore ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient cousins, new research suggests. Researchers found that different versions of a ...

The best teachers come in all shapes, sizes, and species. Children can learn just as much from a beloved fur companion as they can from any human, and now, with one recent video, we have solid proof.

“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings spoke out after a recent clue sparked backlash. During the Oct. 24. episode of the beloved game show, even Jennings was confused by the clue that read, “A.I. generated ...