Doctors at Xijing Hospital, affiliated with Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently transplanted a ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...

New Hampshire native Tim Andrews was quite happy to spend his 67th birthday on Wednesday at Mass General Hospital (MGH). On ...

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

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

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

Beneath it sits the kidney of a genetically modified pig that surgeons transplanted into his body six weeks ago. Dr. Leonardo Riella squirts a cold gel on Andrews’ belly, and presses an ...

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

This post was written and published as a collaboration between the in-house editorial team at Benzinga and Tonix ...

Genetically modified pigs with human-compatible organs offer a potential solution to the organ shortage crisis, with ongoing ...