Like any pet, miniature pigs need routine veterinary care to monitor their health. Regular vaccinations, dental check-ups, and hoof trimming are important aspects of their health care routine.

Miniature pigs are social creatures and form strong bonds with their human families. But they can also get lonely if left alone for long periods of time. It's a good idea to either adopt two pigs ...

The surgical team, from Xijing Hospital in Xi'an, took the liver from a Bama miniature pig that had six key genes modified to improve compatibility of an organ when transplanted into a human.

A liver from a miniature pig, which had six edited genes to make it a better donor, was transplanted into a brain-dead adult at the hospital on March 10, 2024, according to the study. The trial ...

Due their small size, intelligent nature, and endearing personalities miniature pigs have become a serious pet option for North East animal lovers. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

To make the organ more compatible with the human body, scientists made six gene edits to a liver from a Bama miniature pig. When the surgeons placed the pig organ in the patient, they still kept ...

Patients with severe liver disease could one day be kept alive with livers transplanted from pigs, scientists say. A team in China successfully transplanted the liver from a miniature pig that had ...

A liver from a miniature pig, which had six edited genes to make it a better donor, was transplanted into a brain-dead adult at the hospital on March 10, 2024, according to the study. The trial ...

These miniature pigs are part of a bold scientific experiment that takes advantage of breakthroughs in cloning and gene editing to realize the centuries-old dream of xenotransplantation — the ...