Clinicians should monitor patients with stones, even if they are asymptomatic, to slow kidney function decline, investigators suggest. Even asymptomatic kidney stones may spur kidney function decline ...

But did you know that some of the parts of our body, while important for various functions ... Humans are born with two kidneys, but it’s entirely possible to live with just one.

Chinese surgeons have transplanted a liver from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead person, showing that the liver ...

A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a 'milestone' for organ transfers between animals and people.

The operation used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by ...

The study offers the latest evidence that gene-modified pig organs could be a viable option for people suffering from organ failure.

On Sept. 6, 2024, Lev'Veon became the first child in Michigan to get a total artificial heart, and he is possibly the ...

A study published in Nature looks at a genetically modified pig-to-human liver xenotransplantation. Prof Peter Friend, Professor of Transplantation, University of Oxford, said: ...

"A heart is just a pump, the kidney only produces urine," he said. "But the liver has many functions ... professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Oviedo in Spain, described the ...