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Recipient of first genetically modified pig kidney dies 2 months after procedure

‘No indication’ transplant was cause, says hospital on death of US patient Richard Slayman who made history as the first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney.

Boston man gets genetically modified pig’s kidney in world’s first such transplant

The 62-yr-old with end-stage kidney disease was operated on at Massachusetts General Hospital. Previous animal organ transplants have been done outside human body or in brain-dead humans.

How cornea implant made from pig skin helped 20 people see again in trial held in India, Iran

The study was conducted by researchers from Sweden’s Linköping University. Details of the Phase 1 trial and its outcome published last week in scientific journal Nature Biotechnology.

Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Mizoram, Sikkim & Assam, states restrict import of pigs

In Mizoram, a total of 526 pigs are confirmed to have died of the viral disease this year, while 111 of them are suspected to have died of the illness.

‘Major barriers’ broken as pig kidneys transplanted in brain-dead man produce urine for 74 hrs

Procedure by researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham described in a scientific paper published in 'American Journal of Transplantation' on 20 January.

What went behind the ‘breakthrough’ pig to human kidney transplant in New York

In 1997, India had seen a similar operation, when a transplant surgeon from Assam had conducted a pig-to-human heart and lung transplant in Guwahati. The patient, though, died a week later.

The animal species that is one of the most invasive and damaging to earth

Today, wild pigs live on every continent except Antarctica and uproot soil the area of Taiwan each year.

Pigs can play video games, scientists discover

Pigs show remarkable intelligence in a number of complex cognitive tasks. They can respond differently to different sounds, and are masters at spatial learning tasks.

5 professional footballers, back home due to pandemic, launch their own league in Nagaland

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

What is African Swine Fever? Disease that has killed over 2,500 pigs in 306 Assam villages

The central government has advised authorities in Assam to go for culling of pigs affected by the African Swine Fever.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.