Weight-loss drugs have surged in popularity, promising rapid results with regular injections. Now, researchers from Japan ...

In a scientific “first,” a tiny heart structure composed of human cells has been successfully grown within a pig embryo.

In the swine industry, she says gene editing is being used to improve a pig’s resistance to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRSV), a devastating disease that costs the swine industry ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

With xenotransplantation -- animal-to-human transplantation -- poised to address the global organ shortage crisis, a ...

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

London, United Kingdom) A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

Wednesday marked 137 days with his new kidney. Andrews is the longest-living recipient of a genetically edited pig organ and the only person in the United States with a pig kidney. To honor his ...

But now, animal studies suggest that correcting the responsible mutations via CRISPR gene editing can reverse at least some of it. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) causes extensive changes to the ...