Pigs pose a particular risk of incubating new ... the mathematical chances of an infected herd developing a mutation are higher. The same phenomena was observed in mink farms in northern Europe ...

This American research farm is at the forefront of breeding genetically-modified pigs for kidneys suitable to be transplanted ...

Are humans the result of a pig and a chimpanzee mating? Maybe, says Eugene M. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from ...

Pathologists said in a press conference Friday they are encouraged by laboratory preparedness for a potential outbreak of ...

(USDA Agricultural Research Service via AP) “But it is true that at this point, there are no mutations that are really ... importantly, pigs. Pigs, she explained, can carry both bird and ...

But with H5N1 now able to infect pigs, and showing worrying mutations for human adaptation, the level of risk has increased.