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Learn how genetic testing can help diagnose and treat APOL1-mediated kidney disease, a common cause of kidney failure in ...

A research team led by Kyoto University said Wednesday it has prevented kidney functions from declining in mice using human ...

and most of these people are waiting for a kidney. Thousands will die on the list before ever being eligible to get one. And ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs. More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most ...

Doctors removed the kidney on April 4. Looney expressed gratitude for the research opportunity. Pig organs offer a potential solution to the human organ shortage. Xenotransplantation faces ...

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had ... disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants.

WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a ...