A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human 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 ...

NYU Langone Health surgeons successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead man, who has survived on the organ for more than a month.

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 ...

Hoping to someday stave off immune rejection after xenotransplantation, researchers at New York University's Langone Transplant Institute and the Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a pig organ as soon as this summer as part of a clinical trial program ...

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead.

Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old man over the weekend.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Alex Berrios of Louisville, Kentucky, needs a second transplant but finding another human match is proving impossible. So he's closely watching for a chance at pig kidney research.

(CNN) — 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 ...