Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a monstrous scramble of a lion, goat, and a serpent. In genetics, the term means something only slightly more down-to-earth: an organism with cells from at least two ...

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

More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and Minnesota researchers think pigs could help them. Miromatrix Medical Inc., an Eden Prairie biotechnology company, works to create ...

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

Scientists say they are closer to understanding the best way to make the human body receptive to an organ donation from another species, an effort that could help solve an ongoing shortage of organs.

Xenotransplantation is the fusion energy of medicine. As the well-worn joke goes, it is the future—and always will be. But ...

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

Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.