The radical “innovation” of xenotransplantation—the idea of transplanting genetically engineered organs from animals into ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

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 ...

The xenotransplantation approach seeks to alleviate shortage of human organs, and could potentially provide a lifeline to ...

Xenotransplantation (transplantation of organs from other species to humans) is now seen as a solution to the problem. Several issues have to be considered in choosing the appropriate species ...

Doctors at Xijing Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a multi ...

Tim Andrews had not felt great in a long time, but he says all that changed when he became the second patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to undergo a pig kidney transplant. "During the dialysis ...

The hospital, which completed the world's first kidney xenotransplantation in March 2024, said the latest transplant was completed during a 2.5-hour procedure on Jan. 25. With the procedure ...

Xenotransplantation research in the United Kingdom is facing its second major setback this year. Following the August announcement that the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh is to cease work on its ...

Do Californians Really Want Kamala? The chronic shortage of organs for transplantation has some bioethicists supporting unethical curatives, such as doing away with the dead-donor rule, allowing ...