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 ...

Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

A second man from Albany, N.Y., aged 66, who received the donor’s other kidney also developed a parasitic infection, 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’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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital said they transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a living human for the first time. The 62-year-old recipient has end-stage kidney disease.

He began cleaning a pig kidney while surgeons Bonnie Lonze, and Zoe Stewart Lewis prepped the woman’s body. In a typical kidney transplant, surgeons don't remove the damaged organs, they simply ...

After 32 days, the kidneys remained healthy and viable in Miller's body. "The one-month kidney biopsies and kidney tests show no evidence of rejection, and normal renal function in clearance of ...

A pig kidney successfully functioned in a human body for about two months, marking the longest documented case of a xenotransplant of its kind. In July, researchers at NYU Langone Health ...