Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

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

Surgeon Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin is a leader in the novel field of xenotransplantation—transferring organs from one species to another—in his case, from pigs to humans.

Many patients with organ failure, tethered to a dialysis machine four hours every other day, see in these small pigs hope for ...

The second patient, Lawrence Faucette, had end-stage heart disease ... should ever be sacrificed to save a human life because, well, “a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.” Mainstream bioethics ...

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

The project’s five year goal is the printing of a fully functioning human heart and implanting it into a pig. Assuming this is successful, the general procedure can then be refined to allow for ...