This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the current transplant demands.

If a pig embryo infused with human cells truly became something close enough to count as a member of the human species, then current research regulations would dictate it’s owed human-level regard.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human 'induced pluripotent ...

In response to the international shortage of donor organs, researchers have begun exploring how adult stem cells can be used to grow human organs inside the uterus of a pig, CNN reports. Scientists at ...

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic ...

Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. The cutting-edge -- but controversial -- ...

In a New York operating room one day in October 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient as part of a clinical trial. The kidney had ...