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Who would have guessed that a stubbly, bespectacled cartoon pig would open a new front in the ongoing debate about male role models? Supermodel David Gandy has launched a takedown of Daddy Pig, the ...

Researchers have said pig kidneys may help solve the transplant organ shortage. Transplanting gene-edited pig kidneys into humans has been hailed as a pioneering procedure and a way to help ease the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might ...

A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to dialysis. Tim Andrews of New Hampshire received the transplant in January, but ...

The liver came from a genetically modified cloned pig with ten gene edits. Pexels For the first time, surgeons have grafted part of a liver from a genetically modified pig onto a human patient’s organ ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into a person with cancer. Surgeons reported that the transplanted section of ...

Transplanting organs from non-human animals into people could revolutionise medicine, potentially saving thousands of lives that are lost while people wait for organs. Scientists have previously ...

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 ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. Megan Molteni reports on ...

Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results. By Roni Caryn Rabin Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to ...

I think Clay Fragulia, whom you’ll meet momentarily, says it best: “Hogs are the perfect big game animal. They’ve got everything, and the working man can go on a hog hunt once a year without breaking ...