For the first time, a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a 62-year-old man by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital, the facility announced Thursday. Transplanting animal organs into humans is becoming more common, but these procedures remain rare and have yet to significantly extend patients’ lives. Amid an ongoing organ shortage, experts say […]
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US surgeons transplant pig kidney into patient
Doctors in the US have announced they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient. Massachusetts General Hospital said it is the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person. Previously, pig kidneys have been temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors. Also, two men received heart […]
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Peter Schiff warns US job numbers are up only because Americans are ‘forced to take 2 or 3 jobs’ — rubbishes Biden economic wins as ‘lipstick on a pig’ and claims Fed has lost inflation fight
Peter Schiff warns US job numbers are up only because Americans are ‘forced to take 2 or 3 jobs’ — rubbishes Biden economic wins as ‘lipstick on a pig’ and claims Fed has lost inflation fight The U.S. economy added 353,000 jobs in January 2024, significantly outperforming economists’ expectations. But according to Peter Schiff, CEO […]
How a six-pack of beer, $100 got 11 rescuers in North Texas to drag a pig out of the thorns
Here’s a little story Heide Cooper got to tell, about a fat little pig she found unwell. He was stuck in acres of thorny brush, Cooper had to ask for help in a rush. A six-pack of beer and a hundred bucks was the bounty, and 11 souls responded from all over Parker County. Pojo […]
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With ‘pig butchering’ scams on the rise, FBI moves to stop the bleeding
She called herself Anna, and she reached out to Barry May over social media. “It was on Facebook, was an Asian woman that supposedly lived in New York, on Fifth Avenue,” he said. “And so we just started chatting.” Soon, he said, Anna was sending explicit photos. May, a divorced and retired insurance adjuster living […]
Girl Swings Snake by the Tail in Frantic Effort to Save Pet Guinea Pig From Its Jaws
A 12-year-old Australian girl bravely stepped in to rescue her pet guinea pig as it was being attacked by a snake in her back garden, with video showing her grabbing the predator by the tail and swinging it around while the pet was still in its jaws. The CCTV footage shows Rosie finding her pet […]
Customers at Tokyo cafe enjoy new treat – cuddling a micro pig
A trendy cafe in Tokyo is offering customers a new treat – cuddling pigs. The Mipig Cafe in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes that have opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. Two more are in the works for later this year. The animals, known as “micro pigs”, […]
Wily pot-bellied pig evades capture for weeks, delays ADOT work and wins the hearts of rescuers
Arizona Department of Transportation crews ran into a unique obstacle during planned construction in the West Valley. A pot-bellied pig named Pixie was found on a piece of land ADOT purchased in 2023 for the planned State Route 30 in Avondale. ADOT was originally contacted by a local police agency that had located Pixie during […]
Severed pig head is thrown into the crowd during metal concert in Texas, video shows
A decapitated pig head was thrown into the crowd at a concert in Texas, leaving some attendees disgusted. It happened Friday, Jan. 19, at White Swan Live’s black metal show headlined by Devoured Trachea and Accosted. But it was one of the opening acts, Martyrdom, that eventually took responsibility for the act at the Houston […]
eBay to pay $3 million after employees sent live spiders, funeral wreath and fetal pig to critics
eBay will pay $3 million to resolve criminal charges stemming from several of its former employees sending live spiders, cockroaches and a fetal pig to a Massachusetts couple who wrote a newsletter critical of the company in 2019, officials said Thursday. The online auction giant was charged criminally with two counts of stalking through interstate […]