While there are multiple diseases that animals transmit to humans, this article deals with some of the most common ones – ...

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

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 ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States.

Beneath it sits the kidney of a genetically modified pig that surgeons transplanted into his body six weeks ago. Dr. Leonardo Riella squirts a cold gel on Andrews’ belly, and presses an ...

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

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...