Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in ...

At an international conference, researchers at the forefront of animal-human transplantation compared notes and allowed ...

In two studies published Thursday, researchers discovered why transplanted pig organs were being rejected from human patients and how to reverse it.

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.

A detailed, two-month analysis of a transplanted pig kidney revealed specific antibody and T cell attacks – and showed they ...

Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart problems, like heart attacks and heart failure, the heart muscles become ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really ...

A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborating with the Biomedical Research Institute of A Coruña (INIBIC), as well as other international research ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in xenotransplantation, in which an animal ...