For over a month, a pig's kidney that was transplanted into a human body has worked normally — a step surgeons hope can one day lead to using this type of operation to save patients' lives. The ...

Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.

“Is this organ really going to work like a human organ? So far it’s looking like it is,” said Dr. Robert Montgomery with NYU Langone Health Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

The kidneys are among the most important organs of the human body. Every day they filter around 1,500 liters of blood, ...

A recent study achieved a landmark breakthrough in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation by studying the immune system's rejection response up close. Dr. Valentin Goutaudier and his team from the ...

If a pig embryo infused with human cells truly became something close enough to count as a member of the human species, then ...

Figure from the study showing humanized kidney cells inside the embryo Scientists have successfully grown a human organ inside another animal for the first time. In a new study, published Thursday ...

Surgeons at New York University have reportedly reached another milestone in making pig-to-human organ transplants a reality. They now claim to have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney ...

Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead man’s body is functioning well more than 4 weeks later.

From Ayurveda to medical science, fruits are proven to be an integral part of a balanced diet. But did you know that fruits ...

Researchers are discovering that microscopic plastics are not only polluting the environment but also accumulating inside the ...