Researchers have said pig kidneys may help solve the transplant organ shortage. Transplanting gene-edited pig kidneys into humans has been hailed as a pioneering procedure and a way to help ease the ...

Added Nov 06, 2025 at 01:53PM EST by Phillip Hamilton. The image of the pig with a buzzed haircut spread over the following weeks in late 2025 as a meme. On September 22nd, 2025, Instagram [2] user ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

DIAGNOSED WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE. MOST PATIENTS WAITING FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT HAVE TO WAIT UP TO FIVE YEARS TO GET ONE. FOR TIM ANDREWS. IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN EVEN LONGER, AND I KNEW THAT ...

A man who lived with a genetically modified pig kidney for a record 271 days had the organ removed and will return to dialysis. Tim Andrews of New Hampshire received the transplant in January, but ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --A perfectly poised pig from Illinois earned a Guinness World Record when he showed off his skateboarding swine skills and took a 33-foot ride in just over 11 seconds. Norbert the Pig ...

A man in China became the first recipient of a pig lung. The genetically modified pig organ was transplanted into the 39-year-old, according to an Aug. 26 report by the journal Nature. The procedure ...

Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results. By Roni Caryn Rabin Scientists have dreamed for centuries about using animal organs to ...

This type of scam began attracting attention in China around 2019 and is typically carried out by Chinese organized crime groups. At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking ...

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At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into traveling to Thailand for an ...

After tumbling off a truck on the highway, a young pig was rescued and is now on the road to recovery thanks to a dedicated network of rescuers and caregivers. Gilbert — the pig who was rescued by ...