Pet pigs have been growing in popularity for years. If you're considering getting a miniature pig as a companion, here are some things you can do to ensure it lives high on the hog. According to ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have identified a promising, naturally occurring molecule that could help people lose ...

Byrd wanted to get rid of the family teacup pig and had the children kill it, the affidavit reportedly said. He allegedly ...

Researchers implanted a mix of human and pig tooth cells in mini pig jaws. This was not a pig used in the study. © Freepik When you lose a baby tooth, an adult one ...

The toothlike structures represent a step toward bioengineered replacements for dental implants, say researchers behind the work.

Many patients with organ failure, tethered to a dialysis machine four hours every other day, see in these small pigs hope for ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

At 8 months of age, the mini pigs are approximately 47 centimeters in height, 88 centimeters in length and weigh 16 kilos, whilst a member of the same species reared in piggeries for slaughter already ...

The scientists combined human and pig tooth DNA in a tooth-like tissue and transferred it into the mouth of a miniature pig, and within months an organic tooth had formed that resembled one ...

An Amersham pig attraction is mourning the loss of a very special boar who fathered more than ten litters of piglets.

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 ...