For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in Boston said Thursday. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering ...

And so it has come to pass: Chinese scientists at the University in Guangzhou have created the first genetically modified human embryos. Although there had been rumors circulating for some time that ...

A surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world's first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human. During a four-hour procedure earlier this month, surgeons at ...

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

As the new year approaches, people eagerly speculate about what lies ahead. Brazilian parapsychologist Athos Salomé, often referred to as the “Living Nostradamus,” has made a series of chilling ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Surgeons have now published the first report of a gene-edited pig liver transplanted into a person. The liver, which came from a genetically modified pig, appeared to stay active, producing bile and ...