About 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ donors, but some scientists think pigs could be the answer. In a new trial that researchers say is the ...

In the latest of decidedly very sci-fi but crucial bids for life-saving organs, scientists created a pig kidney that has survived for two years in another animal, the longest amount of time thus far.

A macaque that received a genetically engineered pig kidney survived for more than two years, researchers said — a key milestone in the endeavor to use transplanted animal organs in humans. As ...

A crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), the species of monkey used in the team’s experiments. Image: Milan Zygmunt (Shutterstock) Research out this week appears to show the potential longevity of ...