The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical ...

There's no denying that this interspecies friendship is absolutely precious. The family behind the @pintsizepigs account specifically breeds mini-pigs, too, so their kids are no strangers to having ...

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their ...

Pig owner Alfredo Cardinas Junior was left "shocked" and initially "scared" after one of his piglets was born looking and sounding like a human child without eyes ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy ...

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...

The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant.

An Alabama woman is doing well a record 61 days and counting after receiving a pig kidney, a new milestone in the quest for ...