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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 worked in the body of a brain-dead man for over a month, according to scientists. This is a critical step toward animal-human organ transplants.

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… ...

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 ...

I mean, it's remarkable what the human body can do, right? Your second kidney, the one that you've kept, eventually figures out that it needs to pull greater weight than, than it was before," she said ...

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.

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 ...