The pig that was used in the first human heart transplant was infected with a porcine virus that may have contributed to the death of the patient, experts have said, with the surgeon that treated him ...

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

Doctors in New York have managed to keep a brain-dead man in a state of sort of suspended animation for more than a month after removing his kidneys and replacing them with one from a pig. A ...

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say if it played any role in the man ...

The genetically modified pig whose heart was used in the first human transplant of its kind had a porcine virus that may have played the role in the death of the patient two months later, experts said ...

The New York City doctor behind a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant predicts surgeons will be able to perform the same procedure with livers, lungs and hearts in the near future — bringing hope to ...

Xavier the pig used to have such a bleak life. Presumably raised on a farm to be killed for food, he miraculously fell off of a transport truck and was rescued. Seeing the look on his face when his ...

A weeks-old piglet rescued after it was tossed around like a football during a New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration is healthy and looking for a permanent home, according to the Humane Society of ...

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say whether it played a role in the ...