A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to ...

After receiving the porcine organ in January, Tim Andrews lived with the kidney for 271 days, a world record, according to ...

Surgeons removed a genetically modified pig kidney from a 67-year-old man last week, nearly nine months after he received the ...

The second man to receive a pig kidney transplant at Mass General Brigham had the kidney removed last week, officials confirmed Monday. Tim Andrews, of New Hampshire, set a world record — living with ...

A genetically engineered herpes virus may offer a new and effective treatment for advanced melanoma, providing hope for ...

An important new study in the Journal of Hepatology, published by Elsevier, reports the world's first auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig to a living human recipient.

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Australia's first genetically modified banana has been tweaked to protect it from a disease that's on the verge of wiping out ...

Humans can genetically modify plants and animals to be more resilient to climate change and disease. But the scientific community is divided about whether the tool should be put to use in nature.

The protein, TgAP2X-7, appears to be essential to the parasite's ability to invade a host, form plaques, and self-replicate.