The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives.

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later. By Roni Caryn Rabin ...

The liver came from a genetically modified cloned pig with ten gene edits. Pexels For the first time, surgeons have grafted part of a liver from a genetically modified pig onto a human patient’s organ ...

Chinese scientists have performed what is thought to be the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver segment into a person with cancer. Surgeons reported that the transplanted section of ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police found human remains Saturday in their search for a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from her nursing home job about two weeks ago. Police held a news ...

Philadelphia police have found human remains near where investigators were searching for a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from her nursing home job about two weeks ago This undated photo provided ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police found human remains Saturday in their search for a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from her nursing home job about two weeks ago.

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first ...

Malgorzata Wnuczek was 27 when she went missing in England in May 2006 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.