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

Gene editing was used to remove bits of pig DNA that might be harmful to humans and make the organ more compatible with a human body, as well as inactivate retroviruses (the equivalent of ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

The virus, which is part of the pigs' DNA, has been an issue for human-pig transplants in the past because of concerns that it could infect humans. Inactivating the virus could ease those concerns.

Per filings with the Texas Deparment of Licensing and Regulation, United Therapeutics will construct a 77,448-square-foot facility at 11848 Common Dock Dr. "that will house two types of ...

A Massachusetts man suffering from end-stage kidney disease has become the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant, marking a major milestone in the field of ...

announced on March 14 that it had created the first pigs cloned from adult cells. Independent DNA testing of blood from the five female piglets–Millie, Christa, Alexis, Carrel, and Dotcom ...

It has gone even further with a test on the chicken ham to detect pig DNA. But here's the problem. On Jan 15, Malaysiakini reported that the chicken ham did have a halal certificate from the ...

Using the gene-editing technique CRISPR, scientists can modify the pig’s DNA. eGenesis workers make more than 60 edits to help manage a host of potential issues including rejection, size of the ...