For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

In a first-in-human experiment, an enzyme-converted kidney was transplanted into a brain-dead recipient. For two days, the ...

The technique uses an enzyme that has long been known to be capable of "snipping" off the antigen groups on the exterior of ...

In a quiet hospital room in Chongqing, China, a 68-year-old brain-dead man became part of a historic medical experiment—one ...

This area of research is still in the early stages, but it could someday help reduce wait times for patients needing kidney ...

Researchers report the first human test of an enzyme-converted A-type kidney to universal O, which if validated in future ...

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite ...

Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the ...

Richard Slayman, the first successful recipient of a pig-to-human kidney transplant, died in May from heart complications unrelated to the procedure, according to Massachusetts General Hospital.

In a medical first, doctors have successfully transplanted a pig liver into a human patient, who subsequently lived for ...

Chinese and Canadian scientists report organ with blood type A converted to universal type O in donor-centric approach ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes ...