Sir Peter predicted diabetics could be the first patients to benefit - from transplants of pig pancreas cells to produce extra insulin. Dr Andrew George, reader in molecular immunology at Imperial ...

While they haven’t perfected it, researchers are working to see if some animals can fill the gap for kidney transplants.

On the way home from interviewing Mr Lyan, proprietor of Lyaness, I realise I have forgotten to ask a key question. Perhaps ...

Such “pig butchering” operations have largely been concentrated in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, typically rooted in Chinese organized crime groups exploiting instability and poor governance in ...

Your pancreas is a gland that makes enzymes to digest your food and hormones to regulate your blood sugar levels. Your pancreas is shaped like a comma and located deep in your belly, between your ...

Both of these conditions — and other pancreas disorders — are serious and require medical attention. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and pancreatitis are serious conditions that can ...

The pancreas plays a big role in converting food ... to pork or don’t eat pork for religious reasons, be mindful that pigs are used in the preparation of these enzymes. Currently, there is ...

Collins and her husband John own Out to Pasture Sanctuary in Estacada, Oregon. Over the past two decades, pigs, goats, donkeys and a goose have arrived at their three-acre farm. "Come on over the ...

New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans. New research ...

Bread supplies a large amount of carbohydrates to our body, but if it is consumed too often it can cause health problems, especially in the functioning of the pancreas. Bread is consumed in almost ...

Portola Valley resident Rochelle Perucca celebrated her children’s book “Feather Finds Love” at a launch party at The Sequoias Portola Valley on Oct. 6. Perucca and her guinea pig Silly were joined by ...