I n the past year, doctors have performed history-making transplants, placing genetically modified pig kidneys and pig hearts ...

These advances have made it possible for scientists to create pigs with organs that are more compatible with human biology, ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing ...

Chinese doctors said Wednesday that they had transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead, and ...

The study offers the latest evidence that gene-modified pig organs could be a viable option for people suffering from organ ...

Often compared to a computer, the body's most complex organ operates using a code of electrical and chemical signals. These signals transmit through wires, nodes and networks to process and store ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. The heart is the central organ ...

Sharks have a reputation for being silent killers — the top ocean predators are stealthy hunters, but they also lack sound-producing organs found in many other fish. Now, a groundbreaking new study ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

We’ve all got organs that work tirelessly to keep us alive, and others that we can’t imagine living without. But did you know ...