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

BOSTON (WCVB) — Tim Andrews, one of four people to ever get a pig kidney transplant, was on an operating table five months ago. But on Wednesday night, he threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park.

X-Therma’s participation in Hopkins on the Hill underscores the company’s commitment to advancing organ preservation and ...

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Solid organ transplantation provides life-saving and life-enhancing treatments for patients with end-stage organ failure.1,2 ...

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

After signing up to be a donor in 2017, Mya Linklater was excited to learn that she had the opportunity to save a young child ...