At least four live pig-kidney-to-human transplants have been reported to date, all in the United States. The patient who ...

Genetically modified pigs with human-compatible organs offer a potential solution to the organ shortage crisis, with ongoing ...

For the first time, researchers developed stem cell-derived pig retinal cells in comparison with human retinal cells, ...

Pigs are the unlikely model for this latest research into regenerating human teeth. Image source: agnormark/Adobe In a recent study, Yelick and her team successfully grew human-like teeth in pigs.

Researchers developed pig retinal organoids similar to human ones, advancing stem cell-based vision restoration and enabling ...

They achieved this by taking cells from human dental pulp and mixing them with cells from pigs' tooth buds. As MIT Technology Review discusses, the researchers harvest cells from pig jaws that ...

In a paper published in late December, a team at Tufts University reported having successfully grown human-like teeth in pigs. Pamela Yelick, a professor at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine and ...