(CNN) — Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists ...

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much, and honestly, that’s for the best. Because the more you dig into how it really works, ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait years for a match that never comes. Incompatibility of blood type is one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study achieved a landmark breakthrough in pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation by studying the immune system's ...

Every year, hundreds of Australians receive a lifesaving organ donation. What’s it like to gift a kidney or have a change of ...

“This decedent might be the most highly studied human in history,” Montgomery said of Miller. The doctors removed Miller’s own kidneys and transplanted a genetically modified kidney from a specially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The kidney, pre-transplant, in a perfusion device which is used to circulate a solution that contains the converting enzymes.