Doctors just blurred the line between species with a radical transplant. Could this be the key to immortality?

Scientists are pushing the boundaries of human longevity with xenotransplantation—pig hearts, lungs, and kidneys transplanted ...

For the first time, surgeons have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living person, doctors in Boston said Thursday. Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass., who is suffering ...

Scientists are making strides in xenotransplantation, using genetically modified pig organs to address the critical shortage ...

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