Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren't so lucky. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate ...

They say love is housed in the heart, but the only way to really find out is to take a scalpel and start cutting. Thanks to ...

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.

At the University of Minnesota's heart lab, millions of dollars of tubing and wires and technology work to keep a living ...

Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from dialysis, Massachusetts ...

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into a 66-year-old patient with end-stage kidney disease.

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...

Understanding where to shoot a hog comes down to understanding wild pig anatomy. Here's what hog hunters need to know.