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

Researchers are using gene editing techniques to introduce beneficial traits like polled and disease resistance, as well as ...

The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers.

Doctors at Xijing Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a multi ...

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

An animal geneticist told Kansas cattle producers recently that a gene editing technique is a safe option for shortening the ...

Doctors at Xijing Hospital, affiliated with Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a ...

ON MARCH 15th 2024, a dark brown, gene-edited pig was driven from its home in the Midwest to a medical facility on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. It had never before been outside the ...

Earlier this month, the FDA cleared United Therapeutics to begin the first clinical trial to see if gene-edited pigs can provide a viable option for desperate transplant patients, specifically ...

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

Gene-edited pig livers, synthetic embryos, and 3D-printed tissue implants… the world of organ transplantation is becoming increasingly bizarre as scientists explore high-tech ways to keep people ...

As they monitor Andrews’ recovery, doctors at Mass General Brigham have Food and Drug Administration permission to perform two additional transplants in their pilot study, using gene-edited pig ...