Tissue from pig intestines is key to a new procedure performed by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill doctors as an alternative to major surgery of people with fistulas. Fistulas are holes in ...

When it came to treating Jay Leno's extensive burn injuries following an accidental car fire at his garage, doctors knew they had to act quickly. "When he came in, his burns were deeper than I had ...

A robot has successfully performed "keyhole" intestinal surgery on pigs without any aid from humans, according to a study from John Hopkins University (published in Science Robotics). What's more, the ...

A new project aims to reduce the use of antibiotics in raising pigs by better nutrition to strengthen intestinal defenses in piglets. Piglets often develop diarrhea at weaning, which is treated with ...

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Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have ...

Pizza Hut’s newest pizza is topped with a combination of pig's intestines, pig's blood cake, pig's blood, cilantro, garlic shoots, chili pepper, mozzarella cheese and a special Wu Geng sauce.

"His burns were deeper than I anticipated," says Dr. Peter Grossman, who treated Jay Leno after a recent gasoline fire When it came to treating Jay Leno's extensive burn injuries following an ...

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