Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address the transplant shortage. More than 100 ...

A Concord man is the latest recipient of an unusual procedure: He's had his kidney replaced with one from a pig.

Massachusetts General Hospital has performed its second successful genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a patient, MGH reported on Friday. The “miracle” transplant is giving 66-year-old Tim ...

With the procedure, Tim Andrews, 66, of Concord, New Hampshire, became the fourth person in the world to receive a genetically-edited pig kidney He was discharged from the hospital on Feb. 1, with his ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants.

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Hundreds of lives were saved at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center last year. “It’s not just survival to hospital discharge, but it’s making sure they get back home ...

AURORA, Colo. - UCHealth reports that the number of liver transplants needed because of a patient's alcohol use has been on the increase in recent years. "Alcohol is currently the leading indication ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Amazon is gearing up to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an artificial intelligence ...

A GoFundMe effort is well on its way to helping a young Belfast man, born with a rare congenital heart disease at birth, who will receive heart and liver transplants in New York City. Matthew ...