The pig that was used in the first human heart transplant was infected with a porcine virus that may have contributed to the death of the patient, experts have said, with the surgeon that treated him ...

The genetically modified pig whose heart was used in the first human transplant of its kind had a porcine virus that may have played the role in the death of the patient two months later, experts said ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, scientists hooked up a genetically modified pig kidney to a human patient and watched as the organ successfully filtered waste from the person's body. The experiment ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig's kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have ...

A baby pig that rose to local fame earlier this week after he was tossed around like a football during a New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration is headed for greener pastures — a small farm owned and ...