Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

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.

Months after it was purchased by VCU Health, an old milk-processing plant near the Diamond is coming down to make way for a ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using ...

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

Following a heart transplant, patients must undergo surgical biopsies so that clinicians can monitor for signs of organ rejection. A new study shows the promise of a biomarker that could allow doctors ...

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

After signing up to be a donor in 2017, Mya Linklater was excited to learn that she had the opportunity to save a young child ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...