Scientists connect a genetically modified pig lung to a brain-dead human; it functioned for nine days before being rejected.

Young genetically altered pigs walk past a ball in their pens at the Revivicor research farm in Blacksburg, Virginia on November 20, 2024 - Copyright AFP Andrew ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with bioethicist and professor at Lehigh University, Michael Gusmano, about the ethics of using cloned, genetically modified pigs for human organ transplants. Like a page ...

The wait for a life-saving organ is agonizing. Every eight minutes, another name is added to the already overwhelming transplant list. Thousands die each year, waiting for a chance at survival.

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday said they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a human living with kidney disease, the first such procedure in the world. The ...

BOSTON ‒ Massachusetts General Hospital announced it has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a person, the first time someone has survived with that organ from another ...

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is the ...

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For more than 20 years, Revivicor in Blacksburg, Virginia has been conducting research to turn pig-to-human transplantation from science fiction to life-saving medical care. In the United States alone ...

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the biotech ...