The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...

Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. By creating the most complete and detailed genetic 'map' of kidney function to ...

Groundbreaking research exposes how diabetes damages kidneys, offering hope through early detection and innovative prevention ...

More than 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...

Although the potential implications for human health remain unclear, these findings may highlight ... analyze the ...

"Yo-yo" dieting --- repeatedly losing and gaining weight -- can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people ...

A small, early trial of a vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers appears successful, ...

Some medical experts have raised ethical and health concerns around such transplants ... antibodies abnormally primed to attack another human kidney, making it unlikely that she would ever ...

His effort paid off: Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from ...

She waited and hoped for a human donor kidney that would be a good match ... The pig organ is so healthy, she said, that if she had waited to be sicker than she was ‒ if she had been as sick ...