A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

A 54-year-old patient’s routine mammogram finds a 6-mm breast nodule that histology confirms as kidney cancer metastasis, 3 ...

Coonghe’s kidney stone weighed in at 1.76 pounds – about the same weight as five baseballs. Previously, the record was 1.36 pounds, set in 2008 by Wazir Muhammad in Pakistan.

The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters.

Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig’s kidney from an Alabama woman after she experienced acute organ rejection, NYU Langone Health officials said on Friday. Towana Looney, 53, lived ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune ...

Many seek kidney transplants, but there are not enough donors, and only about 20,000 people receive them each year. An implantable kidney would be a boon.