Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...

A study shows that genetically engineered pig livers can sustain essential liver functions in humans. A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Hepatology has documented the first successful ...

Medics have transplanted a pig liver into a human in a world first. The patient, a 71-year-old man, lived for almost half a year after the procedure.

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys ...

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for nine days after the transplant despite early signs of inflammation, ...

The patient, who was not eligible for a human liver transplant, lived for nearly half a year after the procedure ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced ...

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 ...

Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the next step: larger-scale clinical trials. eGenesis, one of the biotech ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients. Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a ...