The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) recently performed an amputation on a guinea pig, a surgery the shelter ...

China has successfully performed the world's first gene-edited pig xenotransplantation surgery for whole liver ...

Doctors in Northwest China have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver fully into a human body, achieving ...

Continuing significant advancements in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland ...

When Arnie the guinea pig first arrived at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, volunteers noticed something ...

Police are investigating the Christmas Day death of a woman who may have been injured by a pig. According to Pataskala police ...

Continuing significant advancements in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine provided an extensive analysis on the second patient in ...

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney ...

Looney finally had her surgery on Nov. 25 at NYU Langone in New ... Her transplant surgeon's eventual goal is to use organs from pigs to provide an alternative both for the 5,600 Americans who ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years ...

Looney’s surgery marks an important step as scientists ... Doctors expect her to return home to Alabama in three months. If the pig kidney were to fail, she could begin dialysis again.

The first four recipients all died within three months of their transplants with the pig organs. So far, Looney is said to be the healthiest person to get the surgery. She says it's been quite a ...