In a scientific “first,” a tiny heart structure composed of human cells has been successfully grown within a pig embryo.

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

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

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision therapies in the early rejection phase.

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.

One of the most striking discoveries was that human immune cells were found in every part of the pig kidney's filtering system after the transplant. Researchers observed early molecular signs of ...

Solid organ transplantation provides life-saving and life-enhancing treatments for patients with end-stage organ failure.1,2 ...

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