Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body. © l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock We’ve reached a ...

organ preservation, and the number of trained transplant surgeons and physicians. These charts offer a snapshot of the growth: More than double the rate of 25 years ago Because of sustained ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first-ever clinical trial of the transplantation of a nonhuman animal organ—a genetically modified pig kidney—into living human ...

‘The most beautiful kidney I have ever seen’ Dr. Tatsuo Kawai ... said the pig organ was exactly the same size as a human kidney. When they stitched it in, connecting its blood vessels ...

Read on to learn more about the gap between available organs and the patients waiting for them. Grouped bar chart showing there aren’t enough organ donors for patients in need. Over the past ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be ...

Doctors Perform First-Ever Human Bladder Transplant in U.S ... The doctors first practiced on pigs and then tested the method on donated human organs. One big challenge was carefully removing ...