Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

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2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of ...

That’s not the case for all of us, I’m reminded, as I look inside a cardboard box containing around 20 plastic hearts—each a ...

As astronauts venture further into space, their exposure to harmful radiation rises. Researchers from Columbia University are ...

In medical history, though, both are already familiar themes. Physician J. Andrew Armour argued that the heart holds memories ...

Protein deficiency is rare in the United States, but some people are at risk for it. Learn the symptoms of protein deficiency ...

Twenty-five years after donating a kidney to her mother, an Alabama woman became the third human to receive a genetically engineered pig’s kidney, raising hopes for thousands of Americans on the ...

If researchers can successfully perfect the process, the waiting list to receive the ‘gift of life’ might one day be erased.

An Alabama woman underwent a transplant procedure to get a new kidney from a gene-edited pig. Last month, a woman became the third living person to receive a pig kidney. Now, her kidney function is ...

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail several years later as a result of ...