Xenotransplantation, involving organ transplants between species, offers a potential solution to the shortage of human donor organs. Advances in genetic ...

Surgeons implanted a gene edited pig liver alongside a failing human liver The graft worked for more than a month, producing bile and clotting factors Complications related to clotting and immune ...

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.

Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for an extended period. The graft supported essential liver processes before ...

Elisabeth Pointer is a Freshman biology major with a concentration in genetics and writes “Peer Reviewed” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Each year, a ...

Several recent Biopolitical Times posts (1, 2, 3, 4) have called attention to the alarmingly rapid commercialisation of “designer baby” technologies: polygenic ...

Background: Our institution performed the first two genetically modified porcine cardiac xenotransplantation in humans, conducting serial longitudinal transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) with global ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI) ("Avant" or the "Company") and global biotechnology firm, Austrianova, today announced the official launch of their joint ...