For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...

The photo below shows the genetically modified pig used as a donor. Over the course of 10 days, the pig livers transplanted into the brain-dead patients continued to function until the end.

Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage liver diseases, but the demand for donor livers far exceeds the supply, according to the researchers. Pigs are being considered ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

Genetically engineered pig hearts can potentially serve as a temporary life-saving support for critically ill infants ...

The transplant came after about a decade of earlier studies and transplants by Wang and his team of gene-edited organs from pigs into monkeys, including a pig heart, kidney, cornea, and bone. The ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, thus reducing the chances of rejection. One common edit, for instance, ...

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could ...

Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first time, raising hopes of a live-saving donor option for ...