Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead man’s body is functioning well more than 4 weeks later.

With the demand for human donor organs desperately outstripping supply, scientists are working to see if genetically edited ...

Researchers have made a major medical breakthrough after they created human kidney organoids and transplanted them into pigs.

UAB President Ray Watts called the achievement an indicator of a possible future with a sustainable supply of organs. For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided ...

NEW YORK, NY, AUGUST 16, 2023 — Surgeons at NYU Langone Health have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after 32 days in a man declared dead by neurologic ...

Doctors transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man’s body where it continued to function normally, moving the field closer to the possibility of using animal tissue and organs to fight human ...

Scientists have demonstrated that genetically edited pig kidneys transplanted into a human can continue to function for at least a week, with no sign of rejection. The breakthrough case study could ...

Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because of its declining function, according to Mass General Brigham.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Surgeons at NYU Langone ...

The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...