Dr. Robert Redfield, left, a UW Hospital transplant surgeon, and UW-Madison gene-editing scientist Dhanu Shanmuganayagam evaluate pigs at the university's Swine Research and Teaching Center near ...

More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a new heart, kidney or some other organ. Many will die waiting. Some scientists see new hope for these people in organs from pigs that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might ...

Growing up in Iowa, where there are more pigs than people, I developed an affection for these smart, curious, and complex animals. I was recently reminded of the appeal of pigs after talking to a ...