On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship ...

In the animal kingdom, survival is often determined by strength, speed, and intelligence, but for some creatures, their own physical traits can make them vulnerable to harm or even death. From the ...

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is ...

The next year, Bailey performed the first human-to-human heart transplant in a baby. Bailey died in 2019 at age 76; many of his transplant patients have outlived him.

How pig kidney transplants, as well as hearts, lungs and skin, could save many human lives The US recently approved clinical trials for pig kidney transplants, opening the door to the potential ...

The researchers took cells from the enamel of pig teeth and cells from the dental pulp of human teeth, combined them with other human cells, and placed them on a biodegradable tooth-shaped frame ...

Health These Mini-Pigs Just Grew Human-Like Teeth—Here’s Why It Matters Biological tooth substitutes could provide better alternatives to dentures and titanium implants.

If you’ve read the first few parts of the War on Recovery series from STAT’s Lev Facher, then you know there are cheap and highly effective treatments for opioid addiction in methadone or ...

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.