In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the ...

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it ...

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

However, healthcare disparities can make the transplant process more difficult for minority patients. Federal data shows about one-third of Hispanic transplant patients waiting to receive any ...

Northwell, which cares for about 50% of the state’s pediatric patients, has been planning to add a pediatric heart transplant program as the sixth to this list for years, according to Kleinmahon.

As Richelle Murray swims laps in her local pool, she can breathe more easily than she has for a long time. "I feel free. I love it, life is good," she said. The 63-year-old spent decades living ...

In contrast to the kidney or the heart, the function of the liver ... a crucial temporary solution for liver failure patients The pig liver transplant entailed massive gene modification to ensure ...

An investigation confirmed the patient contracted rabies through the organ. A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said.

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said Wednesday. The patient got the ...

conducted the transplant, retaining the recipient’s own liver to simulate support therapy for patients with clinical liver failure. “We observed that the transplanted gene-edited pig liver can ...

Before transplant ... findings suggest that gene-modified pig livers can survive and function in humans, potentially serving as a bridge therapy for patients with liver failure, the investigators ...