Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

Months after it was purchased by VCU Health, an old milk-processing plant near the Diamond is coming down to make way for a ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using ...

With xenotransplantation -- animal-to-human transplantation -- poised to address the global organ shortage crisis, a ...

Following a heart transplant, patients must undergo surgical biopsies so that clinicians can monitor for signs of organ rejection. A new study shows the promise of a biomarker that could allow doctors ...

After signing up to be a donor in 2017, Mya Linklater was excited to learn that she had the opportunity to save a young child ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

A potential solution to the decades-long “missing matter” problem has been uncovered in astronomers' recent analysis of X-ray ...

For the first time, researchers in China have developed hearts containing human cells inside pig embryos.

What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry animal memories to human recipients.

Ken Miller, 58, became the first patient in Michigan to receive a beating-heart transplant, in which the organ is still ...