Brianna Herrera is a student at Kutztown University studying music education. When we met her back in January 2024, her ...

Learn how genetic testing can help diagnose and treat APOL1-mediated kidney disease, a common cause of kidney failure in ...

A physical therapist was shocked to learn that for her, some of her crucial organs had an expiration date. With proactive ...

A new cath lab system will soon allow kidney patients at Hamidia Hospital to undergo heart tests with minimal risk, thanks to reduced dye use and 3D imaging.

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 ...

Her body began rejecting the pig kidney after a record 130 days. AP Before Looney’s transplant only four other Americans had received experimental xenotransplants of gene-edited pig organs ...

Of Philadelphia families who preferred a language other than English, 24% chose living kidney donation for their child. These families face distinct barriers and facilitators to living kidney ...

Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the genetically modified organ, according to NYU Langone Health in New York. The pig organ ...

The Turner Twins did a new health experiment. This time, Ross and Hugo compared meat and vegan diets. They checked how these diets affected their vitamin levels. Hugo followed a vegan diet.

Researchers have identified type 5 collagen as a key factor in kidney fibrosis, revealing its potential as a biomarker to predict chronic kidney disease progression. A repurposed anti-cancer drug, ...