A co-worker was diagnosed with kidney disease last year. He is now on dialysis three times a week as he waits for a kidney ...

as depicted in the Hindu mythology, He is, perhaps, the first example of xeno-transplantation in the world. Today, with shortage of organs the world over, the attractive option of using animal ...

Among those present was Zhanibek Uspanov, Kazakhstan’s first heart transplant recipient. Thirteen years ago, at the age of 38 ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a grotesque hybrid. But chimeras are not just tales. Here's how some scientists have been ...

The need for life-saving organ transplants is high in Black communities across the nation. Compared to other racial and ethnic groups, Black individuals are disproportionately affected by the health ...

Will pigs solve the organ crisis? The future of animal-to-human transplants The FDA’s green light will bring the experimental procedure a step closer to one day supplying organs to the thousands ...