US woman has gene-edited pig-kidney transplant, and scientists hope experimental surgery could save thousands of lives ...

2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of ...

Attempts at animal-to-human transplants failed for decades. Now scientists can edit pig genes, trying to bridge the species ...

While those patients died within weeks of the operation, the animal organs they received were not immediately rejected by their immune systems, which scientists hailed as a promising sign.