Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results. By Roni Caryn Rabin Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to ...
More than 900 votes have been tallied, and the Woodland Park Zoo is ready to announce the winning names of its three new female Visayan warty pigs. Henceforth, the pigs will be called Guapa, Bulak and ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's only known pig trotted out of quarantine on Saturday, two months after he was locked away because of swine flu fears, to bask again in the mud at the Kabul Zoo. The pig ...
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50,000 years of island-hopping pigs reveal ancient human migration
Learn how pigs spread across Pacific islands, what their DNA reveals about ancient human journeys, and why their legacy still ...
Even though sparingly, cloned farm animals are now providing kidneys, hearts, livers, and other organs to save the lives of those who need transplants. While scientists say it is exciting as research, ...
There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale ...
The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients. Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a ...
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