16 December 2022
Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 2022, but what were some of the other big scientific developments, discoveries and events of the year?
14 December 2022
On 7 January, a man with severe heart failure received a genetically modified pig's heart. Although he died two months later, the procedure marked a step towards xenotransplantation
12 July 2022
Researchers at New York University have successfully transplanted two genetically modified pig hearts into recently deceased humans who were kept on ventilators
6 May 2022
Viral infection may explain why a pig's heart failed months after being transplanted in a ground-breaking surgery
9 February 2022
After completing a human trial of modified pig skin grafts last year, a team in China hopes to start the first pig organ transplant trial later this year
8 February 2022
Leading surgeon David Cooper talks about the dawn of a new era of transplantation in which organs for human transplants come from genetically modified animals
