A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, ...

Supporting the development of its proprietary MIC-Lx Modified Immune Cells technology as a novel approach to reduce lifelong systemic ...

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A novel approach to organ transplantation allowed patients to wean off anti-rejection drugs after two years, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial presented Monday. Subscribe to read ...

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A massive national study found that nearly half of Americans with kidney failure who are referred for a transplant never even begin the evaluation process, and only 19% make it onto the transplant ...

Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts ...

The current kidney transplant waitlisting criterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≤20 ml/min/1.73 m 2) and does not consider an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among potential donors in the study, 82% were eligible. Of overall eligible donors, 91% donated. An integrated ...

The kidney is now the highest on the "wanted list" of organs, with 10,000 renal failure patients waiting for transplants.