A pig have birth to a "mutant" piglet that let out a cry resembling that of a human child. The "human-like" pig with the ...

In a New York operating room one day in October 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient as part of a clinical trial. The kidney had ...

There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...

Animal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation after the world's first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney passed away just weeks ...

Learn how pigs spread across Pacific islands, what their DNA reveals about ancient human journeys, and why their legacy still ...

The first two pig-to-human kidney xenotransplants were performed in 2021 when researchers at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute transplanted kidneys from genetically modified pigs into two ...

Surgeon leading xenotransplantation trial aimed at solving shortage of human organs says edits can lessen risk of rejection ...