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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

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.

NEW YORK >> Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually ...

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 ...