Chinese scientists have successfully transplanted a pig's liver into a human recipient, in a world first. Researchers at the ...

Scientists have successfully transplanted a pig’s liver into a human for the first time, raising hopes this could one day ...

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

Only around 100 cases of brucellosis are reported annually in the U.S., even fewer of which involve feral pigs.

Scientists have turned the same immune response that rejects organ transplants to their advantage – to target cancer. In a trailblazing fusion of immunology and ingenuity, a team of Chinese ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

A Florida man in his 70s contracted an extremely rare, life-threatening infection in his implanted defibrillator after eating ...

Smoked pork hocks (also known as smoked ham hocks) are cured and brined, then slow-cooked to perfection. They deliver tender, ...

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a 'milestone' for organ transfers between animals and people.

Our liver has admirable regenerative properties. But it takes a beating every day. Eventually, its tissues scar, and if the organ fails, a liver transplant is the only solution. Donor livers are hard ...

More than four years after a 77-year-old man walked into a Florida hospital with pain in his chest, a new report says preparing and eating feral pig meat was the likely cause of the man’s yearslong ...