BOSTON — A Massachusetts man who became the first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig was discharged from a Boston hospital on Wednesday -- several weeks after his ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Makana™ Therapeutics, a global leader in the field of xenotransplantation, was granted an important patent in South Korea that will catalyze xenotransplantation efforts in that ...

Food made from pigs engineered to be resistant to a porcine virus are as safe and nutritious to eat as pork currently on the ...

The first trial to test whether genetically modified pig livers can be used safely to treat people with organ failure has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. As part of the trial, ...

NEW YORK — U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind ...

Young genetically altered pigs walk past a ball in their pens at the Revivicor research farm in Blacksburg, Virginia on November 20, 2024 - Copyright AFP Andrew ...

Xenotransplantation involves transplanting organs, tissues, or cells from one animal species—mainly genetically modified pigs—to humans. It is considered a promising solution to organ shortages, but ...

Robert Montgomery prepares a pig kidney for transplant into a brain-dead man in New York in July 2023. Scientists have successfully stopped a pig kidney from being rejected by its human recipient. The ...

On July 4, the Register reported that Long Meadow Ranch will breed a pair of red wattle pigs to save this endangered, native pig variety. The Halls of Long Meadow Ranch are a wonderful asset to our ...

On a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients. Revivicor, the biotech ...