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

David Avenetti receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Christina Nicholas ...

The origins of feral pigs in the United States trace back to the 1490s when Christopher Columbus introduced domesticated swine to the Americas. Prior to this, there were no swine in the region. These ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Fans of “Jeopardy!” noticed a major error in one clue during a recent episode and voiced their concerns via social media, forcing host Ken Jennings to issue an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives. United Therapeutics, a producer of gene-edited pig kidneys, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

New research suggests a genetic dynamic that may have contributed to Neanderthals' extinction. Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Did interbreeding between humans and ...