Milestone: Human Patient Receives Pig Heart Transplant
January 12, 2022
In a breakthrough years in the making, 57-year-old Dave Bennett has become the first human recipient of an organ from a genetically edited porcine donor.
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Swine Brain Development as a Research Model for Human Neurology
June 9, 2021
Can swine brains teach us about human neurology and childhood development? Absolutely. Research shows, over and over, that porcine biology is surprisingly similar to humans,
The Pig as a Model for the Study of Obesity and of Control of Food Intake
June 1, 2021
In 1979, the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine published this seminal research review, an overview of similarities between the bodies of humans and swine. It
Thrombectomy Study in Pigs
May 24, 2021
Stents have long been a part of the lives of people. It is critical to keep clots and emboli in check to maintain the vascular
Comparison of Domestic Pig and Human Cruciate Ligaments
May 17, 2021
This research published in the Journal of Anatomy was done to compare domestic pig and human cruciate ligaments (namely the ACL and PCL) in their form
Xenotransplantation: The Future of Skin Grafts
April 20, 2021
Xenotransplantation, transplanting animal’s organs into humans, has been studied in research for a long time and is the wave of the future. Human-to-human organ donation
Live Animal Model: Pigs in Virus Research
May 5, 2020
Porcine are playing an important role in the global fight against COVID-19, with live animal models helping to both create a vaccine and address the
Xenotransplantation: Research Pigs Lead to Milestone in Skin Transplants
April 2, 2020
Xenotransplantation, a groundbreaking field in biomedical research, holds immense promise for addressing the critical shortage of organs available for transplantation. Recent advancements, such as the
How Pig Models Help Us Understand the Human Brain
February 19, 2020
Medical researchers have long recognized the efficacy of using pig models to better understand illnesses in humans better. But a new study out of the
Four Ways Porcine May Improve Human Health
December 30, 2019
Regular readers of our blog have probably picked up on a pattern: story after story about how porcine have helped lead to breakthroughs that can
Phytase Super-dosing Improves Iron levels in Pigs & Humans
October 17, 2019
Super-dosing of phytase in young pigs has been shown to improve their iron levels, according to a study conducted by AB Vista. Newborn piglets typically
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.