The surgery comes at a turning point in the quest to tell if animal-to-human transplants could help ease the shortage of ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently surviving for over ...

The world premiere stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s beloved novel is touring throughout England until 14 June ...

The FDA will allow two biotechnology companies to run clinical trials: United Therapeutics and eGenesis. United Therapeutics ...

More recently, early-stage human kidneys have even been grown in pig bellies. The world of bioengineering isn’t for the faint of heart. Much of this tinkering is done in the service of one day ...

One big question was cardiac fitness: Mass General’s first pig kidney recipient had underlying heart disease that killed him. But Riella said intense exams showed Andrews’ “heart was in ...

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.