Their transformations are an inspiration. Silas, a heart recipient, is pictured in an undated photo. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — -- Just look at them now. Through the selfless act of ...

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there's no rolling around in the mud here. The first ...

ABC News visits scientists raising pigs with genetically modified organs. There are more than 100,000 people currently waiting for an organ transplant and it’s estimated that another person is added ...

The quest to grow functional human organs in animal hosts has made significant strides, marking a revolutionary leap in regenerative medicine and transplantation. This groundbreaking research offers ...

A man in Massachusetts just became the first person to receive a pig kidney transplant. In this latest medical milestone, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into a ...

Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This development could bring experts closer to the goal of custom-growing human ...

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 ...

About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is the ...

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital on Thursday said they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a human living with kidney disease, the first such procedure in the world. The ...