This is the bizarre moment a desperate owner performed CPR on a pig in the middle of a major road. The incident in Jingmen, Hubei Province, China, left onlookers stunned as the owner tried to revive the unconscious pig amid heavy traffic. Witnesses say he purchased two breeding pigs to take home for the holidays … Read more
Groundbreaking combined surgeries are giving a grandmother from New Jersey a new lease on life. On Wednesday, doctors from NYU Langone detailed the complex procedures, one of which involved a pig kidney transplant. The innovative technology could give hope to the thousands of people currently waiting on organ donor lists. Lisa Pisano, 54, didn’t have … Read more
Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human may sound like something that could happen when pigs fly. However, 62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release. The … Read more
Incredible undercover video has revealed the inner workings of a “pig butchering” scam operation, where real-life models are recruited to lure unsuspecting victims. Jim Browning, a software engineer and YouTuber from Northern Ireland who makes videos tracking and identifying scammers, worked with an insider who infiltrated a scam operation based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, … Read more
They’ll be ba-a-a-a-ack Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed Wednesday night that he often feeds his grandkids the same oatmeal cookies he provides his animals. According to the “Terminator” star, his granddaughters, Lyla and Eloise, line up with his assortment of horses, dogs, his trusted donkey, and even a pig in order to receive the … Read more
A pig in Kentucky was caught going hog wild while enjoying a snow day this week. The Richmond Police Department posted pictures of the adorable pig on Tuesday. The animal ran away from its trailer and was found by officers that morning. “Officers responded this morning to a pig on the loose!” the police department wrote. “After … Read more
The world’s second pig heart transplant recipient has died six weeks after having the organ implanted, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced Tuesday. The patient, 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette — a Navy veteran and retired lab technician at the National Institutes of Health — only began showing signs that his body was rejecting the pig … Read more
WASHINGTON — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the … Read more
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body … Read more
She has no shame in being a full-time gold digger. An Australian woman discovered gold nuggets worth $127,000 underneath her childhood play area. Tyler Mahoney, 27, a reality star on Discovery Channel’s “Gold Rush” was gold-digging with her brother Reece and her father Ted when she came across her biggest hit yet. “We were at a place … Read more
In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man who has now survived on the organ for over a month. “This represents the longest period that a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human, and the latest step toward the advent of an alternate, sustainable supply of … Read more
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He’s hogging all the space in her bed. A California influencer has started sleeping with her pet pig, describing the experience as “a dream come true.” Mina Alali, 25, purchased mini-pig Merlin in March 2022 and became instantly attached to the animal. The mini Vietnamese potbelly pig weighs around 35 pounds and may grow up to … Read more
A pet pig once owned by a “famous YouTuber” has been found “abandoned” in a field in a “mangled” state, animal rescuers claim. Pearl was allegedly found alone next to another pig who had passed away with a “life-threatening infection” in her uterus. Thankfully, she pulled through, though she is reportedly “lucky to be alive”. … Read more
He’s willing to go on a Mike-edelic adventure for science. Apparently “dying” during a toad venom trip wasn’t much of a drug deterrent: Boxing icon and psychotropic voyager Mike Tyson claims he’d be willing to put his mind on the line and volunteer for psychedelic drug trials allegedly occurring in the UK. The boxing icon … Read more
Earlier this summer, physicians at NYU Langone were able to successfully transplant pig hearts into two recently deceased humans. The medical team performed the procedures on June 16 and July 6 using special pig hearts that had been genetically modified to be more acceptable for transplantation into the human body. Both carcasses were donated by … Read more
Researchers successfully transplant genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to the ventilator, the New York University team announced today. The surgery is the latest step in the field of animal-to-human transplantation, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of successes so far this year – raising hopes for a new, steady … Read more