A recent scientific breakthrough has seen lab-grown kidneys successfully functioning in a human trial. This promising development has far-reaching implications for organ transplant procedures and the ...

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 ...

It is notoriously difficult for transplant patients around the world to secure life-saving donor organs, thanks to limited supply, long waitlists, and complex qualification criteria. While some ...

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there's no rolling around in the mud here. The first ...

Doctors successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a woman who was too sick for a “traditional” organ transplant on Wednesday. Patient Lisa Pisano, 54, suffered from heart and kidney failure before ...

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body.