Malorie Blackman’s moving children’s novel about organ transplantation is brought to vivid theatrical life ...

Doctors in Baltimore have transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life, in a medical first. Three days later, David Bennett, 57, is said to ...

The world’s first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human being has been carried out, giving hope to thousands of people desperately in need of replacement organs. David Bennett ...

Despite selecting a patient with low pre-existing anti-pig antibodies, the transplant team found a surge in these antibodies, which caused damage to the heart and ultimately led to graft failure.

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis ...