Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2023 to treat his end-stage heart failure. He lived for 40 days before choosing to forgo additional ...

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig has died two months after ... should have no bearing on their future treatment. About 110,000 Americans are currently ...