Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo a pig kidney transplant. "During the dialysis ...

Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo a pig kidney transplant. "During the dialysis ...

which hit the headlines earlier this year when it was used to prevent rejection of the world's first transplant of a pig kidney into a human patient. The results with the first two of a planned ...

A 3D-printed penis implant has restored erectile function to rabbits and pigs in a world first. Pigs with damage to their ...

How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on the Science desk of The New York Times, looks at the results ...

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at ...

has allowed scientists to observe for the first time how neurons in the human brain store memories independent of context in which they are acquired. Published in Cell Reports, the study confirms ...

Novo Nordisk has announced plans to move its ziltivekimab into phase 3 clinical development in atherosclerosis with chronic kidney disease after a mid-stage trial met its main goal.