Lisa Pisano, the fourth person to ever receive an organ from a pig, had to have the kidney removed after doctors decided it was doing more harm than good. The other three patients who have received ...

In a landmark move, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given biotech company eGenesis the go-ahead to conduct a broader human trial in pig-to-human kidney transplants, marking a significant ...

A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone. Rick Slayman received the kidney at ...

A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human lives. The ...

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for nine days after the transplant despite early signs of inflammation, ...