Life After Death? Dead Pig Brains Show Activity
September 3, 2019
Researchers at Yale University have used an artificial blood replacement to restore activity to pig brains hours after their death.
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Pig Organs Offer New Hopes for Heart Transplants
April 17, 2019
For people with end-stage heart failure, getting heart transplants can be the difference between life and death when all other treatments have failed. Yet finding
Scientists Regenerate Leg Muscles Using Pig Bladder Tissue
February 14, 2019
They were men who had suffered unimaginable injuries. Two of them were ex-soldiers, wounded by explosives. They had lost anywhere from 60 to 90 percent
How Pig Models Help Us Understand Pediatric Nutrition
February 7, 2019
Pig models have been instrumental in advances in pediatric nutrition. It’s yet another example of how the biological similarities between swine and people have helped in
How Human-Pig Hybrids Could Lead to Lab-Grown Organs
January 18, 2019
In 2017, scientists at the Salk Institute made an announcement that almost sounded like science fiction: they had created the first successful animal-human hybrids.
How Pig Cells Could be Used to Slow Parkinson’s Disease
December 17, 2018
In recent years, researchers have paved the way to fight against Parkinson’s disease using a unique approach—pig islet cells. This novel tactic involves transplanting pig choroid
How Pig Models Are Being Used in Huntington’s Disease Research
November 14, 2018
In the latest example of the benefits of using swine tissue as models in biomedical research, scientists have engineered the world’s first pigs with Huntington’s
How Porcine Cells Contribute to Restorative Therapies
May 1, 2018
Porcine tissues are contributing to research studies that focus on restorative therapies to replace lost or diseased human tissues. While the amount of suitable human
How Porcine Islet Cells Could Help Treat Diabetes
April 24, 2018
For decades, porcine tissue has been a valuable asset for biomedical research, given that pigs share many anatomical and physiological similarities with humans. One crucial
Xenotransplantation: How Pig Organs Could Be Transplanted into Humans
March 19, 2018
The concept of xenotransplantation between humans and pigs is not new, but it’s one that’s faced some hurdles on the road to becoming a viable
How Research Swine Are Used in Decellularization/Recellularization Technology
March 13, 2018
Porcine tissues, organs, and organ blocks are playing an important part in the understanding of role of the extracellular matrix (or ECM) scaffold of the
Pig Lumbar Spines Used for Pedicle Screw Testing
November 21, 2017
Pedicle screws have been the standard method of treatment of spinal diseases. However, these screws can loosen over time after placement during surgery, which makes
