The team learned that pig organs were being rejected due to an immune system reaction from specific antibodies -- which ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

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

A detailed, two-month analysis of a transplanted pig kidney revealed specific antibody and T cell attacks – and showed they ...

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.

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in ...

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 ...

Optimizing kidney health includes making healthy lifestyle decisions that reduce stress, support function and prevent lasting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 try in ...