Pig Kidney

In a four-hour surgery undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, March 16th, doctors have managed to perform the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced on Thursday. In the hospital,...

Scientists at NYU Langone in New York City have successfully transplanted a pig's kidney into a human body for the first time, according to reports on Wednesday. Patients in need of organ transplants have long suffered on the excruciating waitlists...