The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite ...

Photography: Steve Wood For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day study — all while using ...

More than 100,000 men, women, and children are on the organ transplant waiting list in the United States, and most of them—nearly 90,000, as of March 2025—need a kidney. People wait years to receive a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The pig kidney was modified with 10 gene edits for transplantation into a human patient. United Therapeutics is ...

A surgical team at New York City-based NYU Langone Health has performed the first pig-to-human kidney transplant as part of a new clinical trial for patients with end-stage renal disease. The ...