But in the immunosuppressed, it can cause a deadly hyperinfection syndrome, with the worms going through accelerating and ...

An organ transplant preservation device for livers and kidneys, developed by OrganOx out of research from the University of Oxford, is up for ...

Creating so-called human–animal chimaeras could help address the global shortage of transplantable organs by generating ...

The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the finalists for the 2025 MacRobert Award, the longest running and most ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have successfully grown tiny human hearts in pig embryos that survived up to 21 ...

A recent study by LVPEI in Hyderabad suggests that cornea implants made from pig tissues could be a promising treatment for ...

What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry ...

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists ...

Tim Andrews, one of four people to ever get a pig kidney transplant, was on an operating table five months ago. But on ...

Towana Looney received a gene-edited pig kidney in November 2024. The transplant lasted a record 4 months and 9 days. However, her immune system rejected the organ. Doctors removed the kidney on ...

Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because her body rejected the organ. She's back on dialysis.

Successful pig-to-human kidney transplants are raising hope among some in the medical community who think the treatment could be a game changer for people living with kidney disease but some are ...