In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney ...

And it could not be better timed—the first US-based clinical trials of pig kidney transplantation into living humans begin ...

With xenotransplantation -- animal-to-human transplantation -- poised to address the global organ shortage crisis, a pionee ...

Scientists tracked how human immune cells attack pig kidneys after transplant—and found a way to fight back using precision ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

London, United Kingdom) A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

A pioneering new study by French and US researchers has shown how human immune cells interact with pig kidney tissue after transplants, showing rejection markers and throwing light on possible ...

One of the most striking discoveries was that human immune cells were found in every part of the pig kidney's filtering system after the transplant. Researchers observed early molecular signs of ...