Researchers have successfully grown organoids from stem cells taken in late and active pregnancies for the first time. "Mini-organs," also called organoids, are tiny structures that can be used to ...

Xenotransplantation, the practice of transplanting organs between species, is a concept that has been around for hundreds of years. Early in the 20th century, Dr. Mathieu Jaboulay turned the idea into ...

In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological systems, are becoming increasingly important: by cultivating tissue structures in precisely controlled ...

Across the United States, the brutal math of organ failure has barely budged for decades: demand keeps rising while supply stays painfully finite. Now a wave of 3D bioprinting breakthroughs is turning ...

A major kidney transplant breakthrough could transform how we fight the organ shortage crisis in the world. Scientists have discovered a way to convert a type A kidney into a universal donor kidney ...

CasNx, a UF startup, is developing a CRISPR-based method to remove viruses from donor organs before transplant. The process uses a normothermic pump, likened to a "dishwasher," and a new "detergent" ...

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic ...

<br>There are 75,660 active patients waiting for a transplant in the U.S., according to the the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Some will never make it to the top of the ...

There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few ...