A MUM was forced to undergo 12-hour surgery to reconstruct her bowels and vagina using pig skin after doctors dismissed her cancer symptoms for years. Claire Boulton underwent the surgery last ...

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

Yorkshire-Chester White cross pig from a local swine vendor. During a physical examination upon arrival, veterinary technicians noted skin lesions on the animal's abdomen and medial aspect of the ...

Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve into a rodent, led by the research of a Northeastern University professor.

Skin grafting is a surgical procedure for treating burns, traumatic injuries, chronic ulcers and cancer. But traditional sources of graft materials – human, pig and artificial skin – are often ...