A miniature pig expert who runs an award-winning farm breeding the adorable creatures is sharing why pet pigs can be better ...

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

Due their small size, intelligent nature, and endearing personalities miniature pigs have become a serious pet option for ...

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

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human.

Pigs seem the best animal organ donors, with living patients in the US having pig kidneys or hearts. Read more at ...

Amersham’s beloved Kew Little Pigs, the UK’s leading ethical breeder of miniature pigs, is celebrating Mother’s Day in style ...

They transplanted a liver from a Bama miniature pig—a breed that’s commonly used in research—that had six gene edits, while the recipient was given immune-suppressing drugs to prevent rejection.

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

The operation used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by ...

To make the organ more compatible with the human body, scientists made six gene edits to a liver from a Bama miniature pig. When the surgeons placed the pig organ in the patient, they still kept ...