An act of compassion by a young man has ignited a chain reaction of kindness at Providence Swedish Hospital, resulting in five life-saving kidney transplants.

A daughter dedicated to community health care and her active father share their experience with living kidney donation, hoping to dispel myths in the community and encouraging more to share the gift ...

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman ...

An Alabama woman who received a pig kidney transplant had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it.

Following the transplant, Grace underwent fertility treatments, leading to the birth of her daughter, Amy Isabel, via Caesarean section in February 2025 at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital ...

(CNN) — A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

At the same time, her immune system was reactivating after the transplant. Those factors may have combined to damage the new ...

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable ...

The meeting came together soon after that. Ball underwent a meniscus and cartilage transplant in his left knee in March 2023 after several procedures failed to fix an injury he suffered during the ...

13-year-old Omar Danso is in need of a kidney transplant after being diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. Omar’s mother is undergoing testing to be a living donor, while other potential ...

As the demand for kidney transplants grows, with more than 6,500 patients on the waiting list, the risk of transplant rejection remains a critical concern for recipients. Rejection occurs when the ...

At the time this was the only successful womb transplant in the UK. Two years later, she and her husband welcomed their daughter, Amy, named after her sister. “I was quite stunned by this.” ...