And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

Hoping to someday stave off immune rejection after xenotransplantation, researchers at New York University's Langone ...

A pig’s kidney transplanted into a human body at NYU Langone Health worked for a record two months. AP Photo/Shelby Lum. So-called xenotransplantation attempts have failed for decades — the ...

Doctors complete first successful pig-to-human kidney transplant 02:26. Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney ...

A pig kidney worked in the body of a brain-dead man for over a month, according to scientists. This is a critical step toward animal-human organ transplants.

Medical experts have reported successes in transplanting kidneys from genetically modified pigs to humans, with NYU Langone Health reporting that a brain-dead man's body functioned normally for a ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs ...

A modified pig kidney has functioned successfully in a human body for a month now, setting a record for animal-to-human kidney transplants, NYU Langone doctors said Wednesday. The genetically alter… ...

Scientists temporarily attached a pig's kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.