The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bhutan Health Journal reveals that many kidney transplant recipients in the ...

When surgery isn't an option, a liver transplant may be a lifesaving alternative. Mayo Clinic is pioneering this approach, combining expertise in oncology and transplantation to offer new hope for ...

These two patients have been treated at Mayo Clinic locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, for years through the World Trade Center Health Program, which pays providers to treat people who ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because... The world's longest-lasting pig organ ...

Urologists at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad performed the institute’s first-ever robotic kidney transplant. The procedure was performed on a 33-year-old man from ...

Leslie Fraser, who received a kidney transplant, says he has plans to pay it forward. "When I was on dialysis, I lost count of how many people I saw pass away. I started to think, ‘Well ...

But life isn’t the same one year after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. A daily regimen of 16 anti-rejection and immunosuppressant medicines and supplements. No more sushi because that ...