Wendy Rappaport has filed a lawsuit alleging that her healthy kidney was removed instead of her spleen, leaving her with ...

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs ... functions and potentially lead to a life-threatening situation. Kidney disease results from kidney damage and subsequent decline in kidney ...

It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ ... help save her mother’s life in 1999 but later developed kidney failure after her remaining kidney was damaged by preeclampsia ...

A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene. Biological sciences researchers from ...

The Health and Human Services secretary’s swim in contaminated waters is not only risky, but also a flashing sign that he ...

One major issue that affects the kidneys is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), a condition that impacts nearly 1 in 10 people ...

This finding is important because it suggests that a simple dietary change—adding more vegetables rich in PEITC—could help ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants ... is a 69-year-old woman diagnosed with kidney failure eight years ago. But Wang pointed ...

The US Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure. United Therapeutics Corp. will initially ...

is waiting for a kidney donation Pioneering pig-to ... General Hospital/The Associated Press) The spread of disease from animals to humans is another concern for Johnson. She says patients who ...