The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure.

In a significant development for organ transplantation, two U.S. biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics and ...

"Yo-yo" dieting --- repeatedly losing and gaining weight -- can significantly increase risk of kidney disease among people ...

The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. Graduate students ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people ...

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their ...

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

The US Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into ...

She’s also the only person to receive a pig kidney with 10 separate genetic edits, allowing the organ to function normally within a person. “Towana represents the culmination of progress we have made ...

Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other ...

In addition to being sources of delicious meat and precious lard, the pigs our ancestors raised were versatile beasts with a multitude of functions. Pig farms near cities were an important way to ...

If the pig kidney were to fail ... heart rate and other bodily functions and returning to the hospital for daily checkups before her medication readmission. Doctors scrutinize her bloodwork ...