A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Leading Islamic scholars and medical professionals came together at a seminar organized by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) to address the ethical ...

In March, two biotechnology companies were given the greenlight by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to conduct ...

Asia's first gene-edited pig kidney transplant patient has maintained stable kidney function for more than 30 days after ...

Australian researchers are poised to become the first in the world to take pancreatic islet cells from genetically modified ...

A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.

Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys ...

If you prefer short history lessons, look no further than medicine. It was not long ago, in 1954, that the first human organ, ...

Chinese doctors say that they have transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human for the first ...

What makes this new study different is the duration and depth of analysis. The liver was fully vascularized and remained ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, a team of surgeons in China has successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human patient declared brain-dead. This milestone in the ...

The screening process for potential organ donors in the U.S. includes questions about changes in donors’ mental states and testing for viruses and infections. The only person in the world with a ...