Figure from the study showing humanized kidney cells inside the embryo Scientists have successfully grown a human organ inside another animal for the first time. In a new study, published Thursday ...

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.

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 ...

“Is this organ really going to work like a human organ? So far it’s looking like it is,” said Dr. Robert Montgomery with NYU Langone Health Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

Surgeons removed a genetically modified pig kidney from a 67-year-old man last week, nearly nine months after he received the ...

Medical pioneer’ has pig kidney removed from his body 271 days after animal-to-human transplant - The first attempts at using ...

Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...