Pigs

Oink oink: Surgeons transplanted kidney grown in a pig to a human and its works perfectly

Researchers have long sought to grow organs in pigs to transplant into humans and technologies like cloning and genetic engineering have brought the vision closer to reality in recent years.

Indian conservationists release a dozen of the world's smallest pygmy hogs into the wild

Once thought to be existing, the conservation programme released seven male and five females to boost the population.

Mammals can breathe through anus in emergency situations, say Japanese scientists

They say the finding might also apply to humans who are in respiratory distress when ventilators are not available or inadequate.

Elon Musk demonstrates how a Neuralink chip brain implant works – in a pig

Matthew MacDougall, a neurosurgeon that works with Neuralink, they were considering implanting the chip in a paralyzed person so that they could type on a computer or form words.

New virus strain found in pigs in China has the potential to become a pandemic however there is no imminent risk

The study said pigs are important “mixing vessels” for the influenza virus and has asked that this potential problem be kept under surveillance.

African Swine Fever hits Assam: Over 2,500 pigs die due to disease, but no threat to humans found yet

Even as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, another viral disease has hit Assam

After outbreak of swine fever, North Korea says it is actively fighting disease with 'airtight' quarantine efforts

North Korea said on Wednesday that it is actively fighting the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever weeks after it reported an outbreak near its border with China.

Slaughterhouse workers, fishermen face high risks of injury; teaching them skills key to ensuring their dignity, financial well-being

Millions of slaughterhouse workers do various jobs, including dragging the animals to where they will be slaughtered, stringing them up, bleeding them, breaking their bones and skinning them

Cells restore life in a dead pig's brain using artificial blood in remarkable first

Scientists revived blood flow & cell function in brains of pigs hours after death using artificial blood.

17 of 19 people infected with Nipah caught virus from first victim: Kerala government report

A detailed study by the Kerala government in the recent outbreak of Nipah virus has suggested that 17 of the 19 infected people might have contracted the deadly virus from the first victim, 26-year-old Mohammed Sabith.