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

Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

THE Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked and concerned over the recent revelation regarding pig DNA being found in food products widely consumed by Muslims. The Department of ...

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.

A type of DNA sequence that is composed of sequences from two or more different sources or organisms, such as human and pig sources, or synthetic (lab-made) sequences and microorganisms.

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 ...

BANGI: No trace of porcine DNA has been found in two samples of Cadbury chocolate and they are therefore halal, the Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has found. Announcing this ...