For generations, medical students were taught that the map of the human body was essentially complete. Yet cancer imaging has ...

Scientists have advanced human-animal chimera research by successfully growing human cells within the organs of mice. This development could bring experts closer to the goal of custom-growing human ...

A new perspective paper about organ shortage policy priorities authored by Physicians Committee scientists was just published. It discusses alternative strategies to combat the global organ shortage ...

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While research on human-pig chimeras is on an indefinite pause, xenotransplantation is moving ahead. wildpixel/iStock via Getty ...

More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a new heart, kidney or some other organ. Many will die waiting. Some scientists see new hope for these people in organs from pigs that ...

Organs-on-chips (OoCs) represent a revolutionary advancement in the study of human physiology and disease, offering an in vitro microphysiological environment that mimics the functions of human organs ...

United Therapeutics Corporation uses strong cash flows to develop xenotransplanted organs and solve global supply shortages. Read why UTHR stock is a hold.

Human organs could be bioprinted for transplants within 10 years, according to Lithuanian startup Vital3D. But before reaching human hearts and kidneys, the company is starting with something simpler: ...

Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...