Five mini potbelly pigs are being housed at the shelter after workers received a call the animals were not being properly cared for. These pigs are a first for the shelter and workers describe ...

Scientists in China used a liver taken from a seven-month old Bama miniature pig which had been genetically modified to reduce the risk of rejection. Once removed, it was kept ‘alive’ using a ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

An Alabama woman living with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had it removed after her body began to reject it. Towana Looney from Gadsden, Ala., returned home following her April 4 surgery at ...

A PIG’S liver has been transplanted into a living human for the first time by Chinese scientists. Surgeons have grafted hearts and kidneys before but not proven success with a liver, which is a ...

Researchers from the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China, transplanted a liver from a Bama miniature pig in which six genes had been edited into a human recipient who was diagnosed ...

The surgical team, from Xijing Hospital in Xi'an, took the liver from a Bama miniature pig that had six key genes modified to improve compatibility of an organ when transplanted into a human.

Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an used a genetically modified miniature pig liver, designed to minimise the risk of organ rejection. The recipient, a brain-dead ...

A liver from a miniature pig, which had six edited genes to make it a better donor, was transplanted into a brain-dead adult at the hospital on March 10, 2024, according to the study. The trial ...