A recent study achieved a landmark breakthrough in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation by studying the immune system's rejection response up close. Dr. Valentin Goutaudier and his team from the ...

NEW YORK – In an experimental procedure, a genetically modified pig kidney successfully functioned in a human body for about two months, the longest documented case of its kind. Researchers at NYU ...

In two studies published Thursday, researchers discovered why transplanted pig organs were being rejected from human patients and how to reverse it.

Looney's relative success could lead to more procedures for alternative organ transplants. An Alabama woman is back on dialysis after receiving a groundbreaking pig kidney transplant that her body ...

As researchers get closer to making pig kidney transplants work in humans, patients in need of donations have new hope.

In a medical first, rejected kidney is transplanted in new recipient. April 25, 2012— -- In a medical first, a transplanted kidney rejected by one patient was successfully transplanted into ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in ...

The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...

Two men were left riddled with parasitic worms after they received infected kidney transplants at two U.S. hospitals, a new case report reveals. The two kidneys had come from the same organ donor, who ...

NEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling ...