For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be ...

An NYU Langone Health patient lived with a pig kidney for 130 days before she experienced an organ rejection. On April 4, the patient underwent surgery at the hospital center to remove the pig kidney, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first trial to test whether genetically modified pig livers can be used safely to treat people with organ failure. In the initial phase of the ...

Around 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for kidney transplants at any given time, but only about one-fifth receive a new kidney annually, with many dying before they do. This high demand and ...

The American Heart Association's Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome: Heterogeneity in Women aims to learn why women may be more likely to ...

Instead of a full transplant, researchers plan to hook patients up to a machine that attaches the pig liver externally. HealthDay News — A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help ...

“For the first time since 2016, I enjoyed time with friends and family without planning around dialysis treatments,” the patient said in a statement. HealthDay News — Doctors have removed a ...

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