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Roni Caryn Rabin
6 hour(s) ago
United States
China

Chinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant

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.

Roni Caryn Rabin
2025-09-16 18:04:56
United States
United States

Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims

The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute.

Amelia Nierenberg
2025-09-10 18:00:14
France
France

French Police Investigate Pigs’ Heads Found Near Paris-Area Mosques

The heads were discovered near the entrances of several buildings. The episode was widely condemned in France as an anti-Muslim provocation.

Roni Caryn Rabin
2025-08-25 18:00:56
China
Animals

Scientists Perform First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant

Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results.

Taylor Robinson
2025-07-02 00:02:10
United States
Adams, Eric L

Lucy the Pig, a Celebrity on Staten Island, Can Stay at Home for Now

Health officials told Lucy’s owners that she would have to leave the city. After the family, the neighborhood and its political representatives protested, a temporary reprieve emerged.

Roni Caryn Rabin
2025-04-11 18:01:49
United States
Your-feed-science

Pig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

Roni Caryn Rabin
2025-03-10 09:03:37
United States
Research

For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.