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 ...

Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create human organs from pig organs with a process called perfusion decellularization and recellularization. They hope to ...

It's a project that will bring new jobs to Stewartville and could end up saving lives. A pig to human transplant center ...

These procedures show that genetically modified pig organs could one day serve as viable replacements for human organs in patients. Here's a timeline of the key milestones in these preclinical trials.

Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

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

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) conducted the world's first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant into a living human in March 2024. During a four-hour procedure, a surgical ...

Genetically modified piglets gather together at the United Therapeutics-owned Revivicor research farm near Blacksburg, Va. A new facility being built in Stewartville, Minn., will be modeled after ...

Richard Slayman, the first successful recipient of a pig-to-human kidney transplant, died in May from heart complications unrelated to the procedure, according to Massachusetts General Hospital.