The pig-heart-valve-skeleton-with-human-heart-valve-cells was then successfully transplanted into an immune-compromised rat. It lasted for two months, a duration that Wang says is equivalent to ...

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

The need for transplant organs is immense and growing. Some scientists think animal organs might be a good way to increase ...

Although it sounds like science fiction, the idea of transplanting animal cells, organs, and tissue into humans has been ... and lamb. Pig heart valves have been used as replacements in humans ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list ...

Surgeons in the US who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced ... alpha-gal – a prime target for roving human antibodies – the NYU Langone team ...